Dacians, thracians, and their stuff.

I think that Dacians haven't a superior level of organization, but just a more centralized one, but this only in the time of Burebista and later in the time of Decebal.

This was possible due to the clossenes to the Greeks and later Romans and with the advantage of being naturaly protected by the Danube, which delaied their conquest by Romans.

C�rlomanesti, a dava in Buzau county


This is the main Dacian settlement in Buzau county. It was the center of the Dacians in these parts, perhaps the Caucodava (because in the 4th century the Goths were fighting against the Huns in Caucaland, which was located in Buzau mountains, and a Dacian tribe called Caucocensii is mentioned by Ptolemy in this area.

In 2003 have been discovered a huge absidal building.

Originally posted by Menumorut Originally posted by Sarmat12 Very interesting. Are there any sources in the internet for that? First, this topic were in last hours have been a discussion on this subject (to the end of this page and the next page): http://www.allempires.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=22010&PN=5 Second, I'm not informed, but look what I found with Google: Proto-Indo-European to Dacian sound changes Dacian and Thracian as Southern Baltoidic The Problem of Ancient Minor Languages and Their Origin There are some mysterious connection between Lituanian and Romanian traditions. I remember the most signifiant, the fact that only the two people have a kind of song (prolonged, slow and sad) called Doina in Romanian and Daina in Lituanian.

You might want to check out some scholars before jumping to rash Internet-based conclusions: Getica (Vasile Parvan), Essential Myths (Victor Kernbach), Zalmoxis intre Herodot si Mircea Eliade (Dan Dana), Zalmoxis the Vanishing God (Mircea Eliade), Naissances mystiques (Mircea Eliade)

There are numerous hypotheses regarding the name Zalmoxis. Some scholars, like Porphirios trace the name back to a Thracian root (zalmos, meaning "fur" or "skin"); others, like Cless assocaite Zalmoxis with other dieties of the earth, like the Lithuanian Zemeluks, or the goddess Semele, mother of Dyonisus. This theory would be strengthened by the relation of said names with the Thracian term for earth, zemelen. Zemelen itself is derived from Proto-Indo-European heritage, being associated with g'hemel (meaning "that which is the earth's own"). And the list and complication could go on. Take a gander at some of the books I have listed. You won't be sorry.

The point is that Thracian itself may be close to Baltic languages.