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  Who was Who in Roman Times :The Goths by Jordanes
And when he saw that their minds were obedient to him in all things and that they had natural ability, he taught them almost the whole of philosophy, for he was a skilled master of this subject.
He chose from among them those that were at that time of noblest birth and superior wisdom and taught them theology, bidding them worship certain divinities and holy places.
By reason of his wisdom he was accounted their priest and king, and he judged the people with the greatest uprightness.
www.romansonline.com /Src_Frame.asp?DocID=Gth_Goth_11   (665 words)

  
  Burebista - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The spiritual center was called Kogaion (or Kagaion, the holy mountain) by Strabo, and is thought to be localized somewhere in the Bucegi mountains.
According to Jordanes, in his Getica [1], the greatest priest and adviser of Burebista was Dicineus (Deceneus), who held "almost royal powers" and taught the Dacians the "belagines laws", ethics and sciences, including physics and astronomy.
On the south of Danube, the proconsul of the province of Macedonia, the general Varro Lucullus, during the second Mithridatic War (74 BC–72 BC) occupied the Greek cities on the west coast of the Black Sea from Apollonia to the Danube Delta.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burebista   (297 words)

  
 THE ORIGIN AND DEEDS OF THE GOTHS
XI (67) Then when Buruista was King of the Goths, Dicineus came to Gothia at the time when Sulla ruled the Romans.
Soon Gaius Tiberius reigned as third emperor of the Romans, and yet the Goths continued in their kingdom unharmed.
(73) After the death of Dicineus, they held Comosicus in almost equal honor, because he was not inferior in knowledge.
members.lycos.nl /romans/gth/Goth_11.htm   (632 words)

  
 The origin and deeds of the Goths 2/5
And when he saw that their minds were obedient to him in all things and that they had natural ability, he taught them almost the whole of philosophy, for he was a skilled master of this subject.
He chose from among them those that were at that time of noblest birth and superior wisdom and taught them theology, bidding them worship certain divinities and holy places.
By reason of his wisdom he was accounted their priest and king, and he judged the people with the greatest uprightness.
www.boudicca.de /jordanes2-e.htm   (10163 words)

  
 Orale traditie
Buiten de passages die Amory en Wagner onderscheiden, zijn er nog drie interessante passages.
Ten eerste wordt ons in de Getica verteld dat ene Dicineus de Goten gelastte zich Capillati te noemen en dat de Goten zich tot op heden zo zijn blijven noemen in hun liederen (suis cantionibus) (Getica 71-72).
Dat dit het geval is, moet niet worden uitgesloten.
www.xs4all.nl /~cepweb/early_middle_ages/3.4.html   (2038 words)

  
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Their safety, their advantage, their one hope 69 lay in this, that whatever their counsellor Dicineus advised should by all means be done; and they judged it expedient that they should labor for its accomplishment.
These and various other matters Dicineus taught the Goths in his wisdom and gained marvellous repute among them, so that he ruled not only the common men but their kings.
After the death of Dicineus, they held Comosicus in 73 almost equal honor, because he was not inferior in knowledge.
www.gutenberg.org /files/14809/14809-8.txt   (23585 words)

  
 DECENEUS Articles Deceneus (or Dicineus, Dekaineos) w
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Deceneus (or Dicineus, Dekaineos) was the High Priest of Zalmoxis in the time of Burebista (70 BC - 44 BC), in ancient Dacia (modern-day Romania).
He held almost royal powers, and was a chief advisor of Burebista, the Dacian king.
www.amazines.com /Deceneus_related.html   (310 words)

  
 Wolf Warriors: the Romans, the Dacians and the Vlachs; Dracula and Hitler
A historian wrote in the eleventh century about "Dacia which is called today Denmark" and about its inhabitants, the "Goths" who had "many kings generously gifted with the knowledge of the admirable philosophies, as Zeuta and Dichineus as well as Zalmoxis and many others".
But Dichineus is Dicineus as referred by Iordanes, a great Dacian priest and king of the kings.
According to Iordanes, Dicineus, a great Dacian priest, ruled also over kings, "selecting amongst them the noblest and wisest men, instructing them in theology...
www.angelfire.com /realm/vlachs   (16853 words)

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