Getae and Dacians? Are they the same? Or is this unknowable?

[diegis]

The only confusion come with Masagetae tribe, who had the Getae name in it, but have iranic elements too (some rulers name, etc.). Most probably this was a mix betwen a Getae/Dacian tribe and a Scythian one. Similar views are for ex. about Cimbri and Teutoni, as being a Germano-Celtic mix, or Bastarnae (the same).

Let's not forget the Thyssagetae, who are really hard to pin down, but probably lived somewhere near the southern Ural Mountains.

Hi Justin
Yes, you are right, i maked a confusion, it was the TyraGetae located around Dniepr river (northwest of Black Sea), not TyssaGetae.