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Moskon

PersonGetic king from Dobrogea3rd century BCUnder review

A Getic king from Dobrogea, known from Greek inscriptions. He represented a local form of royal authority in the area of the western coast of the Black Sea, in the period when the Thraco-Getic tribes had intense contacts with the Greek world.

“He was a king of the Getae in Dobrogea, attested by Greek inscriptions.”
— Epigraphic evidence
“An early example of political and religious organisation in the east of Dacia.”
— Archaeological assessment

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