The Dacians: Rome\'s Greatest Enemy?

[trajan]

Again the Dacians were just not a threat.

Yeah that is why they made the Romans paid tribute to them, because they were not a threat. Good thinking.

How do we know that Trajan didn't say the Dacians were weak and wimpy? If you want to make your point, you have to show Julian making that statement from Trajan outside of Julian's comedy.

Trajan built a massive column in the Centre of Rome dedicated to the Dacians. That is clear indication what the Romans and Trajan thought of the Dacians.

But you can't, because that is the only place Julian puts into the mouth of Trajan "the bravest people in the world". If you read the comedy you will see it's all about bragging rights. Until you can show where Julian quotes Trajan as saying that elsewhere, it is simply to emphasize the grandiose claims of Trajan.

The father of history, Herodotus, called the Dacians "the bravest and fairest of all the Thracians". But what does he know eh? What Julian knows? you know better.

In other words, Trajan never said such a thing.

No, he just built a massive column dedicated to Dacians right in the centre of Rome. Obviously because the Dacians were weak and wimpy. Good thinking.