The Dacians: Rome\'s Greatest Enemy?

[diegis]

My argument is that the Romans did not fight the Dacians for the sole sake of propoganda. This is substantiated by the fact that the raids into Germania at the beginning of Domitians reign were soley for propoganda. As we all know,emperors liked to kick off their reign with a successful campaign, and Germania was it. Domitian's war with the Dacians was a defensive war with the intent to prevent Decebalus from overrunning Moesia. Unfortunately (for him), he died before he could finish the job. Trajan simply ammassed a huge army and conquered the Dacians after a hard-fought campaign (substantiated by the fact that it took him a year to march what should've taken him roughly a month. In otherwords, this was indeed a war of necessity. The Romans simply took the propoganda that naturally came with a victory as a non-optional bonus.

Your argument is correct i believe
And i wasnt refering to you when i said that some like to argue just for the sake of that but dont have something to back up their opinion