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Celtic mercenaries: https://www.academia.edu/4910243/THE_KINGMAKERS_-_Celtic_Mercenaries

Thank you for your opinion. So you believe that they butchered their wives and children for no reason, before being attacked by an army of ghosts and demons?

The Battle of Lysimachia (277 BC (?): http://balkancelts.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/battle-of-the-phantoms/ What do u think?

Ethnic Engineering in the Ancient World: http://balkancelts.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/ethnic-engineering/

The 'Thracian' Letnitza Treasure: http://balkancelts.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/thracians-dragons-and-virgins-the-letnitza-treasure/

I am well aware of Borangic and his little Dacian 'sica' fantasies. These daggers have been found in Celtic burials from Croatia to the Black Sea, from Transylvania to Galatia, together with Celtic swords, shields, jewelry etc., often 'killed' according to Celtic practice.

Curved 'Sacrificial' daggers: http://balkancelts.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/curved-sacrificial-daggers/

Heart of Thrace - The Celts of Central Bulgaria: http://balkancelts.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/heart-of-thrace-the-celts-in-central-bulgaria/

You are also missing an important point. No one is denying the importance of the Thracians in the region, nor of the Getae tribe, who were part of the Thracian culture. The fact is that 'Dacian' was a purely geographic term.'Dacians' were the peoples who lived in Dacia, whether they were Getae, Celts or Bastarnae, etc. A seperate 'Dacian' race never existed.

The Celtic tribes in Thrace had been producing their own coinage from the end of the 4th c. BC, centuries before the 'Dacians' are even mentioned in history. Why would they need to follow any 'Dacian' model?

I refer you to my original reply.

http://balkancelts.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/the-druids-ring/

Hi there, Firstly, I'm not going to get into the whole Dacians or no Dacians argument. The source that is quoted discusses the Roman Republican dinar imitations from Thrace. The Balkancelts article, and the article which you quote, points out that these imitations were made not only by Dacians, but also by the Celtic tribes. It also points out that the coinage from Thrace, in particular that from today's sub-Balkan central Bulgaria, could not have been made by 'Dacians' as there were never any 'Dacians' in that area. Unless you propose that today's Bulgaria was also part of 'Dacia'?

The 'Dacians'. Fact and Fiction: http://balkancelts.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/the-dacian-myth/

The Sapaioi dynasty in Thrace: http://balkancelts.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/the-thracian-puppet-kings/