Dacian King Decebal

Patinated plaster bust of king Decebal by the artist Marius Butunoiu, located on the balcony of the Old Book and Printing Museum in the Royal Court of Târgoviște. Decebalus (87-106) fought several wars with the Roman Empire, led by the emperors Domitian and Trajan. During the first war, the prefect of the Praetorian Guard, Cornelius Fuscus, is killed and Decebal takes the spoils of war to the capital of Sarmizegetusa from the Orăștiei Mountains. Under the reign of Trajan, the Roman Empire defea