Cotiso (approximately 30 BC) was a Dacian king who ruled the mountains between Banat and Oltenia (modern-day Romania). Year 30 BC was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Dacia, in ancient geography was the land of the Dacians. It was named by the ancient Hellenes ( Greeks) " Getae " The Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries the eastern part lies in Romania (the counties Oltenia ( Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions with the alternate Latin names Wallachia Minor, Wallachia Alutana, Wallachia Caesarea Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Florus wrote that Cotiso and his armies used to attack towards south when the Danube froze. Florus, Roman Historian, lived in the time of Trajan and Hadrian. The Danube (In Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *dānu, meaning "to flow run" Slovak and Polish Dunaj Suetonius (LXIII, Life of Augustus) says Marcus Antonius wrote that Augustus betrothed his daughter Julia to marry Cotiso (M. Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius (ca 69/75 &ndash after 130 was an equestrian and a historian during the Roman Empire. Marcus Antonius (in Latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N ( c January 14 83 BC&ndash August 1, 30 BC known in English as Mark Betrothal is a formal state of engagement to be married. Historically betrothal was a formal Contract, blessed or officiated by a religious authority Julia the Elder (October 39 BC - 14 known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia ( Classical Latin: IVLIA•CAESARIS•FILIA Antonius scribit primum eum Antonio filio suo despondisse Iuliam, dein Cotisoni Getarum regi) to create an alliance between the two men. This failed when Cotiso betrayed Augustus. Julia ended up marrying her cousin Marcus Claudius Marcellus. Marcus Claudius Marcellus (42-23 BC was the eldest son of Octavia Minor, sister of Augustus, and Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, a former consul After Caesar Augustus's victory in the civil wars, the Romans punished the Dacian ruler, who was defeated by general Marcus Licinius Crassus. Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Marcus Licinius Crassus ( Latin: M·LICINIVS·P·F·P·N·CRASSVS (ca In an ode dedicated to his protector, Horatius advises him not to worry about Rome's safety, because Cotiso's army had perished. Ode (from the Ancient Greek) is a form of stately and elaborate lyrical verse. Horatius is the name of a Gens of Ancient Rome. Horatius Cocles, legendary hero The Horatii, three Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2