Burebista
The greatest Dacian king, who unified the tribes and created a powerful kingdom from the Carpathians to the Balkans. He began religious and social reforms together with Deceneus. He banned wine and strengthened religious discipline. He was assassinated in 44 BC.
“He was the first and the most powerful of the kings of Thrace.”
— Strabo, Geography, VII.3.11
“He banned wine, cleansed Dacia of evil, united the people in spirit and sword.”
— Cultural interpretation
