
079- The Dacian Wars
The History of Rome
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Ajan Trajan's Invasion of Dacia
Emperor trajan was a patient man. He knew that he couldn't just go flying off half cocked. While the situation in dacia was going to come to a head eventually, it did not look ready explode just yet. Undertaking an invasion on the scale he envisioned was going to take careful planning and political support at home. But trajan understood how quickly novelty can wear off without the support of the people. And the senate back home it was pure folly to go off conquering abroad. So bidding an until next time to the dacian kingdom,. he made his way back to rome in 99 a d his arrival in the capital was as magn cent as any triumphal procession
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