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🪷 February 24th is the #Transylvania feast of #Dragobete, god of Love, Spring, snowdrops and wolves. Parents: #Dacia 's loveliest maiden & Roman Emperor #Trajan, who conquered the #Dacian empire. The wolf is Rome. It's said if you hug anyone today, your love life will be fabulous all year! 🪷

Archaeology News

May 24, 2025

Rare Dacian stonemason’s tool kit unearthed in Romanian quarry

An amazing archaeological discovery in Romania is throwing new light on the advanced stoneworking skills of the Dacians, an ancient civilization that thrived in the Carpathian region prior to the Roman conquest...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/dacian-stonemasons-tool-kit-unearthed-in-romania/

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Antinous the Gay God Feb 24, 2025

🪷 February 24th is the #Transylvania feast of #Dragobete, god of Love, Spring, snowdrops and wolves. Parents: #Dacia 's loveliest maiden & Roman Emperor #Trajan, who conquered the #Dacian empire. The wolf is Rome. It's said if you hug anyone today, your love life will be fabulous all year! Start hugging! 🪷

Antinous the Gay God Feb 24, 2024

🪷 24 Feb Transylvania feast of #Dragobete, god of Love, Spring, snowdrops and wolves. Parents: #Dacia's loveliest maiden & Roman Emperor #Trajan, who conquered the #Dacian empire. The wolf is Rome. It's said if you hug anyone today, your love life will be fabulous all year! 🪷

Rome archaeology and stuff Nov 24, 2023

A couple of #ancient #roman statues of captured #dacian warriors now on the #palatine hill in #rome. #archaeology #ancienthistory

Antinous the Gay God Feb 23, 2023

🪷 February 24th is the Transylvania feast of #Dragobete, god of Love, Spring, snowdrops and wolves. Parents: #Dacia's loveliest maiden & Roman Emperor #Trajan, who conquered the #Dacian empire. The wolf is Rome. It's said if you hug anyone today, your love life will be fabulous all year! 🪷

IainMac9 🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇸🇩Nov 26, 2022

Hmm, any #histodons here have expertise in late #Roman #Dacian history? This looks intriguing, and as a #numismatist I'd say it looks more like a contemporary "barbarous" issue, but who knows...

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/coin-fake-emperor-real-intl-scli-scn/index.html

Puzzling debate over Roman coin authenticity could determine legacy of 'fake' emperor

Scientists say they have proven the authenticity of several Roman coins — providing evidence that an emperor disregarded as fake might in fact have been real. But not everyone agrees.

CNN