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Dacian inhabitants first documented by the Greeks
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Romans extended empire, included Dacia, renamed it Romania
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Roman provinces, Moesia Superior and Dacia, connected by bridge over Danube River for Emperor Trajan
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Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire) was eastern section of the Roman Empire, with the capital as Constantinople; Transylvania, Wallachia, and Moldavia made up Romania; Moldavia and Walachia were independent principalities
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Principalities fell under Ottoman rule