Editing Getae (section)

{{Short description|Thracian tribe of modern northern Bulgaria and southern Romania}}
{{distinguish|Geats|Jat people|getai|Gaeta|Getafe|Gepids}}
{{about|a Thracian tribe|a group that are believed to have been related to the Getae|Massagetae}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2016}}[[Image:Getae Region.svg|right|thumb|The area of land most often historically associated with the Getae people, shown in red dots at the mouth of the Danube River]]
[[File:Thomb-Sveshtari-2.jpg|thumb|450px|The [[Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari]], 3rd century BC]]

The '''Getae''' or '''Getai''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|g|ɛ|t|iː}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|iː|t|iː}},<ref>“Getae.” ''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary'', Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Getae</ref> singular '''Getan''') were a large nation who inhabited the regions to either side of the Lower [[Danube]] in what is today northern [[Bulgaria]] and southern [[Romania]], throughout much of [[Classical Antiquity]]. The main source of information about the Getae are Greek and Roman chroniclers, who write that the Getae were closely related to the neighbouring [[Thracians]] to the south and [[Dacians]] to the north. [[Cassius Dio]] writes that the Getae are the same people as the Dacians, Getae being the Greek name for the Dacians.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shelley|first1=William Scott |title=The Origins of the Europeans: Classical Observations in Culture and Personality, page 108, Cassius Dio (LXVII.4) |year=199|publisher=Intl Scholars Pubns| isbn=1-57309-220-7 }}</ref> Modern scholars continue to debate the details of these relationships.

The Getae first appear in historical records as fierce opponents of the [[Scythian campaign of Darius I|Persian invasion]] in 513 BC, as described by the early Greek historian [[Herodotus]]. They faded out of historical records during the [[Roman Empire]], when many appear to have become Romans, and others north of the Danube were gradually overwhelmed by other peoples moving from the north and east towards the Roman frontier.