Getae

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The Getae were an ancient people of the Lower Danube region, closely related to the Dacians and known from Greek and Roman sources for their warrior culture and interactions with classical civilizations.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Getae canonical 11
Geto-Dacian 2
Getae (often linked in ancient sources) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Thracian people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
associatedDeity Zalmoxis ⓘ
belief immortality of the soul ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Dacians ⓘ
linked to: Dacian tribes
conflictedWith Macedonian Kingdom ⓘ
Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

Roman armies ⓘ
culturalRelation shared customs with Dacians ⓘ
similar material culture to Dacians ⓘ
cultureType warrior culture ⓘ
describedBy Dio Cassius ⓘ
Herodotus ⓘ
Jordanes ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
raiding ⓘ
engagedIn trade with Greek colonies ⓘ
ethnicGroup Thracians ⓘ
inhabitedRegion Lower Danube ⓘ
linked to: Danube

Moesia ⓘ
Scythia Minor ⓘ
interactedWith Classical Greek colonies on the Black Sea ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
knownFrom Greek sources ⓘ
Roman sources ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
mentionedAs Getae in Latin ⓘ
Getai in Greek ⓘ
neighborOf Greeks ⓘ
Scythians ⓘ
Thracians ⓘ
partOf ancient Balkans history ⓘ
politicalOrganization tribal chiefdoms ⓘ
practiced archery ⓘ
horseback warfare ⓘ
regionToday Bulgaria ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
northern Greece ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
sometimesIdentifiedWith Dacians ⓘ
linked to: Dacian tribes
subgroupOf Thracian tribes ⓘ
linked to: Thracians
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
early 1st millennium CE ⓘ
used fortified hilltop settlements ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Thracians → subgroup → Getae ⓘ
Dacian language → associatedPeople → Getae (often linked in ancient sources) ⓘ
linked to: Getae
Zalmoxis → culture → Getae ⓘ
Zalmoxis → worshipedBy → Getae ⓘ
Burebista → languageContext → Geto-Dacian ⓘ
linked to: Getae
Scythia Minor → inhabitedBy → Getae ⓘ
Getica → mentionsPeople → Getae ⓘ
Boerebista → culture → Geto-Dacian ⓘ
linked to: Getae