 Emperor Trajan akazosvika muMoesia, uye akatanga hondo yake yokutanga muDacian Kingdom c. Kurume-Chivabvu 101, kuyambuka kumahombekombe ekuchamhembe kweRwizi rweDanube uye kukunda mauto eDacian padyo neTapae, gomo rinopfuura muCarpathians ona Hondo yechipiri yeTapaeChiGerman. Zvisinei, mauto aTrajan akakuvadzwa muhondo yacho, uye akaisa parutivi mamwe mauto kuti apore, asimbise, uye aunganidzezve mauto. Munguva yechando yakatevera, Mambo Decebalus akatanga kurwisa mhiri kweDanube kwakadzika, asi izvi zvakarambwa. Mauto aTrajan akapinda munharaunda yeDacia ndokuita kuti Mambo Decebalus azviise pasi pake gore rakatevera racho. 