battle, ancient

Battle of Adamclisi

Name: Battle of Adamclisi
Location: Adamclisi, Romania

Battle of Adamclisi was a battle fought in AD 101 at Adamclisi, in what is now Romania; it ran into the following year. It was part of First Dacian War, which ran from AD 101 to AD 102. The recorded result: Roman victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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FoughtAD 101ran into the following year

WhereAdamclisi, Romania44.083N, 27.950E

OutcomeRoman victory

BelligerentsDacia and its Roxolani and Germanic Bastarnae alliesagainstRoman Empire

Casualties and lossesVery heavyandModerate to heavy

Part ofFirst Dacian WarAD 101 to AD 102

Record

Date	AD 101 (year precision) to AD 102
Place	Adamclisi, Romania 44.083N, 27.950E
Kind	Battle, ancient
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Very heavy	Moderate to heavy
Commanders	Decebalus	Trajan

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Silistra AD 968, 55 km W
Siege of Dorostolon AD 971, 55 km W
Siege of Silistra (1854) 1854, 55 km W
Siege of Silistra (1828) 1828, 55 km W
Siege of Silistra (1829) 1829, 55 km W

In the same war

After: Third Battle of Tapae September AD 101

Battle of Adamclisi is one of 34 engagements of the 2nd century in the atlas and one of 135 in present-day Romania.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2887810, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Adamclisi, revision 1378287750, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.