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| Reference | RIC 12b, C 16 | Silver Antoninianus 21mm (4.00 grams) Rome mint: 249-250 A.D.
A Dacian Kingdom of variable size existed between 82 BC until the Roman conquest in 106 AD
[5] In 53 BC, Julius Caesar stated that the lands of the Dacians started on the eastern edge of the Hercynian Forest (Black Forest)
However, the material advantages of the Roman Imperial system was attractive to the surviving aristocracy
Gaius Messius Quintus Decius (ca. 201- June 251) was the Emperor of Rome from 249 to 251
The Senate then recognized Decius as Emperor, giving him the attribute Traianus as a reference to the good emperor Trajan
At this time, there was a second outbreak of the Antonine Plague , which at its height in 251 to 266 took the lives of 5,000 a day in Rome
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