Decebalus
Decebalus (
87-
106) (
Decebal in
Romanian) was a Dacian king who defeated the
Romans when they invaded Dacia in
102. Three years later, the Dacians lost a long battle, and the Romans conquered Dacia. The battle is described in
Trajan's Column. After his army was defeated, rather to be captured as a prisoner by the Roman soldiers, he committed
suicide.