Battle of Adamclisi (92 AD)
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The Battle of Adamclisi was a major battle fought in 92 AD near Adamclisi
, in modern Romania
, in which a coalition of Dacia
n and Rhoxolani
Sarmatian completely slaughtered the Legio XXI Rapax
Adamclisi
Adamclisi is a commune in Constanţa County, in the Dobrogea region of Romania.-History:In ancient times, a Roman castrum named Civitas Tropaensium was settled here and in 109 AD a monument named Tropaeum Traiani was built to commemorate the Roman Empire's victories over the Dacians.Colonized with...
, in modern Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, in which a coalition of Dacia
Dacia
In ancient geography, especially in Roman sources, Dacia was the land inhabited by the Dacians or Getae as they were known by the Greeks—the branch of the Thracians north of the Haemus range...
n and Rhoxolani
Rhoxolani
The Roxolani were a Sarmatian people, who are believed to be an off-shoot of the Alans. Their first recorded homeland lay between the Don and Dnieper rivers; they migrated in the 1st century BC toward the Danube, to what is now the Baragan steppes in Romania.The Greco-Roman historian Strabo ...
Sarmatian completely slaughtered the Legio XXI Rapax
Legio XXI Rapax
Legio vigesima prima rapax was a Roman legion levied in 31 BC by Augustus, probably from men previously enlisted in other legions. The XXI Rapax was destroyed in 92 by the Dacians and Sarmatians...