Daily Quiz for March 7, 2012

The Dacian Wars, fought between 101 – 102 and 105 – 106 AD. Trajan defeated the Dacians under their king Decebalus during the first war at the Second Battle of Tapae. After defeating them in the second war, he acquired Dacia’s gold mines, and Rome enjoyed a period of peace and prosperity. Trajan’s Column was erected by the emperor in 113 AD and is located in Rome next to the Coliseum.