Burebista

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Burebista was a 1st-century BC king who forged a powerful Dacian kingdom in the Carpathian region and became a significant regional rival to Rome.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Burebista canonical 10
King Burebista 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dacian king ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
advisor Deceneus ⓘ
aftermath Dacian kingdom fragmented after his death ⓘ
alternativeName Boerebista ⓘ
Buruista ⓘ
capital Sarmizegetusa (traditional attribution) ⓘ
linked to: Sarmizegetusa Regia
causeOfDeath political assassination ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 1st century BC ⓘ
conflictWith Greek cities of the western Black Sea ⓘ
contemporaryWith Julius Caesar ⓘ
Pompey ⓘ
linked to: Pompey the Great
countryRuled Dacian kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Dacia
death assassinated ⓘ
deathDate 44 BC ⓘ
era Late Hellenistic period ⓘ
ethnicity Dacian ⓘ
linked to: Dacian tribes
historicalRegion Carpathian Mountains ⓘ
Danube basin ⓘ
linked to: Danube region
knownFor becoming a major regional rival of the Roman Republic ⓘ
destroying Greek cities on the western Black Sea coast ⓘ
forging a powerful Dacian kingdom ⓘ
military campaigns around the Danube ⓘ
unifying many Dacian and Getic tribes ⓘ
languageContext Geto-Dacian ⓘ
linked to: Getae
legacy considered a precursor of later Dacian rulers such as Decebalus ⓘ
important figure in Romanian national historiography ⓘ
name Burebista ⓘ
opponent Julius Caesar ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
policy centralization of political power ⓘ
military strengthening of the Dacian tribes ⓘ
religious and moral reforms among the Dacians ⓘ
politicalStatus hegemon of the Geto-Dacian tribes ⓘ
positionHeld king of Dacia ⓘ
regionRuled Carpathian region ⓘ
Lower Danube region ⓘ
linked to: Danubian Plain
reignEnd 44 BC ⓘ
reignStart circa 82 BC ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
sourceMention Jordanes ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
territorialExpansion expanded Dacian control over much of the Carpatho-Danubian area ⓘ
extended influence into Transylvania ⓘ
extended influence into parts of modern-day Bulgaria ⓘ
extended influence into parts of modern-day Hungary ⓘ
extended influence into parts of modern-day Romania ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dacian tribes → unifiedUnder → Burebista ⓘ
Dacia → ruledBy → Burebista ⓘ
Dacia → peakPowerUnder → Burebista ⓘ
Burebista → name → Burebista ⓘ
Kingdom of Dacia → notableRuler → Burebista ⓘ
Boerebista → alsoKnownAs → Burebista ⓘ
Buruista → alsoKnownAs → Burebista ⓘ
Buruista → nameVariant → Burebista ⓘ
Deceneus → employer → King Burebista ⓘ
linked to: Burebista
Deceneus → associatedWith → Burebista ⓘ
Deceneus → supportedRuler → Burebista ⓘ