sh ops ▁proves . The ▁settlement ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁economic ▁center ▁character ized ▁by ▁comm od ity ▁production , ▁ev iden ced ▁by ▁the ▁well ▁equ ipped ▁j ew el ry ▁work shop . ▁The ▁presence ▁of ▁domestic ▁and ▁foreign ▁mer ch ants ▁is ▁att ested ▁by ▁numerous ▁import ▁items . ▁ ▁All ▁evidence ▁indicates ▁that ▁the ▁large ▁Da cian ▁settlement ▁at ▁P ec ica , ▁was ▁most ▁likely ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁a ▁tribe ▁or ▁of ▁a ▁trib al ▁union , ▁integrated ▁into ▁the ▁Da cian ▁state . ▁The ▁fort ified ▁center ▁fl our ished ▁during ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁the ▁Da cian ▁state ▁( 1 st ▁century ▁BC ▁– ▁ 1 st ▁century ▁AD ). ▁ ▁The ▁settlement ▁size ▁and ▁development ▁level ▁sets ▁it ▁aside ▁as ▁a ▁Da cian ▁opp ida , ▁similar ▁to ▁P iro bor id ava ▁( Po iana ) ▁and ▁Ar ged ava ▁( P ope ş ti ). ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁believed ▁that ▁during ▁Tra jan ' s ▁ 1 0 1 – 1 0 6 ▁AD ▁Da cian ▁Wars , ▁the ▁settlement ▁was ▁destroyed , ▁although ▁it ▁is ▁located ▁outside ▁the ▁newly ▁incorpor ated ▁D acia ▁province . ▁Being ▁situated ▁however , ▁by ▁the ▁M ure ş ▁River , ▁near ▁the ▁newly ▁created ▁Roman ▁border , ▁it ▁is ▁likely ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁destroyed ▁by ▁them . ▁In ▁any ▁case ▁it ▁is ▁certain ▁that ▁it ▁ended ▁by ▁a ▁violent ▁fire ▁whose ▁traces ▁are ▁visible ▁everywhere ▁and ▁it ▁never ▁been ▁inhab ited ▁after ▁the ▁ 2 nd ▁century ▁AD