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For those who want to go further: the bibliography of the sources cited on the site, the museums and sites of the Atlas, and the open data we use, with the licence of each. External links appear only if they answered at the last check.

Bibliography

The sources cited on the pages of the site, with the author, the work and the year where the site gives it. With filters and the pages that cite them: Historical archives.

Ancient authors

Modern works

  • Ion I. Russu, Limba traco-dacilor (The Language of the Thraco-Dacians), 1967
  • Mircea Eliade, De la Zalmoxis la Genghis-Han (From Zalmoxis to Genghis Khan), 1970
  • Nicolae Vlassa, the discovery at Tărtăria, 1961
  • Radu Florescu, The Lost Treasure of the Dacians. New York: Arno Press, 1980
  • Vasile Pârvan, Getica. O protoistorie a Daciei (A Protohistory of Dacia), 1926
  • Dan Romalo, Cronică getă apocrifă pe plăci de plumb? (An apocryphal Getic chronicle on lead plates?) Bucharest: Ed. Dacica, 2003
  • Aurora Petan, Lucrări și articole despre Tăblițele de la Sinaia (Works and articles on the Sinaia Tablets)
  • George Coșbuc, the poem “Decebal către popor” (“Decebalus to the people”) · Open edition: Wikisource

Monuments and inscriptions

  • The ring of Ezerovo (Bulgaria), Thracian inscription, Greek letters
  • The inscription of Dionysopolis, in honour of Akornion, the envoy of Burebista
  • Trajan’s Column, Rome

Museums

Museums with collections about the Dacians. The visiting hours are on the website of each museum.

Sites to visit

The confirmed places of the Atlas (those “under review” are not here). Periods marked “approximate” are a general range, not the place’s own.

Open data

The open data the site uses, with the licence of each.

  • National Archaeological Repertory (RAN)

    The records of the archaeological sites of Romania, published by the National Heritage Institute. The Atlas shows the sites of the Dacian era on the map (the RAN layer) and links to each record.

    Licence: OGL-ROU-1.0; CC BY-SA 4.0 (declared in every record; we republish the file of sites under it)

    ran.cimec.rodata.gov.ro

  • Wikidata

    The new places of the Atlas, marked “under review”, come from Wikidata and are checked against the RAN.

    Licence: CC0

  • OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap

    The base map of the Atlas. The attribution asked for is shown on the map: OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap.

    openfreemap.orgopenmaptiles.orgopenstreetmap.org

  • Mapzen/AWS Terrain Tiles

    The relief of the Atlas (shading and 3D). Attribution: Mapzen/AWS Terrain Tiles, with Copernicus EU-DEM, SRTM and GMTED2010 data.

    github.comregistry.opendata.aws

External links are checked regularly; those that do not answer are not shown. Last check: 2026-10-30.

Photo credits

The photographs below come from Wikimedia Commons and are used under the licences shown; the author and licence are given for each.

  • Statue of Decebalus in Deva (Dacian heritage): 14GTR, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Roman bust of a Dacian, Hermitage (Dacian heritage): Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.
  • The great circular sanctuary at Sarmizegetusa Regia (Dacian heritage): Cosmin Stefanescu, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Silver necklace on red velvet (Dacian heritage): CristianChirita, GFDL, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Dacian gold jewellery in a display case (Dacian culture): CristianChirita, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Reenactment at the Cricău Festival, 2013 (Dacian culture): Saturnian, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Reenactment at the Cricău Festival, 2013 (Dacian culture): Saturnian, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • The rock sculpture of Decebalus on the Danube (History of Dacia): Yanko Malinov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Circular sanctuary with pillars (History of Dacia): Codrinb, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Wall at Costești-Cetățuie (History of Dacia): Codrinb, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Dacian coin of the Koson type (History of Dacia): Reinhard Saczewski, public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Base of a wall at Piatra Roșie (Dacian heritage): Saturnian, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • The Bucharest copy of Trajan’s Column (Dacian wars and battles): Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Thick stone disc on grass, with other discs behind it, at Sarmizegetusa Regia (Dacian heritage): Codrinb, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Fallen stone blocks on grass next to a wall, in a forest (Dacian heritage): Codrinb, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, Wikimedia Commons.
  • The gold Coțofenești helmet, with eyes in relief on the cheek guards (Dacian heritage): TheFurther21, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Small hook-shaped iron objects in a glass display case (Dacian heritage): Codrin.B, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Long iron tools and clay vessels in a display case (Dacian heritage): Codrin.B, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Blacksmith tools, tongs and large vessels in a display case (Dacian heritage): Codrin.B, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Iron tongs and pieces of slag among stones, at a Dacian smithy (Dacian heritage): Codrin.B, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Moss-covered stone slabs of a Dacian road (Dacian heritage): Codrinb, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Reconstructed interior of a Dacian dwelling, with clay vessels and a sheepskin (Dacian heritage): Codrin.B, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Dacian gold spiral bracelet with palmette ends (Dacian heritage): Unknown author, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • The circular stone altar, a large disc on grass, with pillars behind (Dacian heritage): Codrinb, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Stone blocks under a protective structure with a sheet-metal roof (Dacian heritage): Codrinb, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Circle of small pillars on a meadow, in the Dacian sanctuary (Dacian heritage): Codrinb, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Stone wall on a slope, partly covered by vegetation (Dacian heritage): Saturnian, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Road paved with stone slabs, with a drainage ditch (Dacian heritage): Codrinb, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Curved weapon, spearheads and knives, Cluj museum (Dacian heritage): Cristian Chirita, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Stone block wall at the west gate of Sarmizegetusa Regia (History of Dacia): Codrinb, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Murus dacicus at Costești-Cetățuie, on grassy ground (History of Dacia): Codrinb, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Wall detail of the tower house at Costești-Cetățuie (Dacian heritage): Codrinb, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Scattered wall stones in a ditch, Piatra Roșie (Dacian heritage): Saturnian, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Old blouse (ie) from Iași (Dacian culture): Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Hands holding a glowing carved stone (Mission, Values): image generated with AI.
  • Dacian curved weapon, spearhead and lance head, Orăștie museum (Dacian culture): Codrin.B, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
  • Icons of the five steps (Mission, Get involved): images generated with AI.