Burebista (Ancient Greek: Βυρεβίστας, Βοιρεβίστας) was a Thracian king of the Getae and Dacian tribes

from 82/61 BC to 45/44 BC. He was the first king who successfully unified the tribes of the Dacian
Kingdom, which comprised the area located between the Danube, Tisza, and Dniester rivers, and
modern day Romania and Moldova. In the 7th and 6th centuries BC it became home to the Thracian
peoples, including the Getae and the Dacians. From the 4th century to the middle of the 2nd century BC
the Dacian peoples were influenced by La Tène Celts who brought new technologies with them into
Dacia. Sometime in the 2nd century BC the Dacians expelled the Celts from their lands. Dacians often
warred with neighbouring tribes, but the relative isolation of the Dacian peoples in the Carpathian
Mountains allowed them to survive and even to thrive. By the 1st century BC the Dacians had become
the dominant tribe.