Editing Dacians (section)

====The kingdom of Decebalus 87 – 106====
By the year AD 100, more than 400,000 square kilometres were dominated by the Dacians, who numbered two million.{{efn|1=[http://www.roman-emperors.org/assobd.htm#s-inx. De Imperatoribus Romanis] Retrieved 2007-11-08. "In the year 88, the Romans resumed the offensive. The Roman troops were now led by the general Tettius Iulianus. The battle took place again at Tapae but this time the Romans defeated the Dacians. For fear of falling into a trap, Iulianus abandoned his plans of conquering [[Sarmizegetusa Regia|Sarmizegetuza]] and, at the same time, [[Decebalus]] asked for peace. At first, [[Domitian]] refused this request, but after he was defeated in a war in [[Pannonia]] against the [[Marcomanni]] (a Germanic tribe), the emperor was obliged to accept the peace."}} Decebalus was the last king of the Dacians, and despite his fierce resistance against the Romans was defeated, and committed suicide rather than being marched through Rome in a [[Roman triumph|triumph]] as a captured enemy leader.