Ancient Warfare Answers (429): The Dacian presence in Britain

What happened to the Dacians after Trajan’s conquest of Dacia, and did some of them really end up serving in Roman Britain?

In this episode, Murray answers a listener question about the Dacian presence in Britain. Following Trajan’s conquest of Dacia in AD 106, Dacian soldiers were recruited into the Roman auxiliary forces, and some Dacian units were subsequently stationed on the fringes of the Empire, including in Britain.

But what can the evidence tell us about these soldiers?

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