Dacians In Roman Sculpture And Where Can We See Them Today

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« The Goths [Getae] were not, therefore, so short of people to teach them philosophy. Wherefore the Goths [Getae] were always superior to the barbarians and almost equal to the Greeks. »
Iordanes, Getica, 39-40 ; Fontes II, p. 413, 417

"The dignified image of the Dacians was placed in the most prestigious place of the Roman world, in the heart of Rome, the Forum of Trajan. This is a very important and valuable fact for the history of the ancient representations of the Dacians in Roman art and for the history of the culture of Romania."

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Jardin du château de Versailles / chateauversailles.fr/jardins-parc

Two statues of Dacians, in the garden of Versailles castle

Material: marble.

Dimensions: ?

Conservation status: the two statues are replicas of two ancient works of Tarabostes (Pileati) preserved in the National Museum of Naples. The sculptures of Versailles are the works of the sculptors André Antoine and Mathieu Lespagnandelle (Espagnandel).

Date: XVIIth century

Typology: Dacians