Deceneus

Deceneus (or Dicineus, Dekaineos) refers in The Origin and Deeds of the Goths (Getica) by Jordanes to two different men in Dacia:

• Deceneus, the predecessor of Zalmoxis in the distant past (Getica V 39).^[1]
• Deceneus, philosopher, astronomer and advisor of Burebista (70 BC - 44 BC), given as the lawgiver of the Goths (Getica X 67-73).^[2]

Footnotes

1. ^ Jordanes, Charles Christopher Mierow, ed., Getica V 39, http://www.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/texts/jordgeti.html#V 
2. ^ Jordanes, Mierow, ed., Getica X, http://www.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/texts/jordgeti.html#X 

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