Trajan’s war on the ... the troublesome Dacians. After nearly two years of battle Decebalus, the Dacian king, negotiated a treaty with Trajan, then promptly broke it. Rome had been betrayed ...

Despite valiant resistance by the Dacians, the war culminated in a Roman victory. Trajan’s Column, a monument in Rome, vividly depicts scenes from this war, illustrating the magnitude of the ...