Legions of Trajans Dacian wars

[adonys]

The battle in lower Moesia during the winter of 101-102 is believed to be a very hard fought one. The Tropaeum Traiani monument from Adamclisi was erected to commemorate the victory, and the names of approximately 3800 fallen roman soldiers were preserved on the funeral military altar of it. This is, supposedly, the battle during which Trajan gave his imperial wardrobe for use as bandages when the medics ran out of them.

Now, 3800 dead (raman) soldiers for a victory is something worth looking into, as (if confirmed), sounds mostly like one of the pyrrhic victories over the romans.. You can't have 3800 winning dead if it wouldn't have been a huge long bloody fought battle.