Deceneus

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Deceneus (or Dicineus, Dekaineos) refers in The Origin and Deeds of the Goths (Getica) by Jordanes to two different men in Dacia:

  • Deceneus, the predecessor of Zalmoxis in the distant past (Getica V 39).[1]
  • Deceneus, philosopher, astronomer and advisor of Burebista (70 BC - 44 BC), given as the lawgiver of the Goths (Getica X 67-73).[2]


[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Jordanes, Mierow, ed., Getica V 39, <http://www.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/texts/jordgeti.html#V> 
  2. ^ Jordanes, Mierow, ed., Getica X, <http://www.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/texts/jordgeti.html#X> 
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