« The Getae are wiser than almost all the barbarians and they resemble more with the Greeks » Dion Chrysostomos
"The dignified image of the Dacians was placed in the most prestigious place of the Roman world, in the heart of Rome, the Forum of Trajan. This is a very important and valuable fact for the history of the ancient representations of the Dacians in Roman art and for the history of the culture of Romania."