Editing Getae (section)

=== 7th – 4th centuries BC ===
From the 7th century BC onwards, the Getae came into economic and cultural contact with the [[Greeks]], who were establishing [[Colonies in antiquity|colonies]] on the western side of Pontus Euxinus, nowadays the Black Sea. The Getae are mentioned for the first time together in [[Herodotus]] in his narrative of the [[European Scythian campaign of Darius I|Scythian campaign]] of [[Darius I]] in 513{{nbsp}}BC, during which the latter conquered the Getae.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=nNDpPqeDjo0C&dq=darius+I+conquers+getae&pg=PA494 ''The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 10 - Persia, Greece, and the Western Mediterranean''] [[Cambridge University Press]], 1982. {{ISBN|978-0521228046}} p 494</ref> According to Herodotus, the Getae differed from other Thracian tribes in their religion, centered around the god (''daimon'') [[Zalmoxis]] whom some of the Getae called [[Gebeleizis]].<ref>Herodotus, the Histories. Edited by Paul Cartledge. Translated by Tom Holland, Penguin Books, 2015. Page 296 - 297</ref> 

{{blockquote|But the Getans, who are the bravest of the Thracians, and most sensitive to the demands of justice as well, became obstinate, and were promptly enslaved. |Herodotus. ''the Histories'', 4.93. trans. Tom Holland}}

Between the 5th and 3rd centuries BC, the Getae were mostly under the rule of the flourishing [[Odrysian kingdom]]. During this time, the Getae provided military services and became famous for their cavalry. After the disintegration of the Odrysian kingdom, smaller Getic principalities began to consolidate themselves.