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History of Moldova

12 recorded states lay in what is now Moldova, from the Sarmatians (300 BCE). 2 of them have a full profile, and 7 outside powers ruled here.

ProfileState (capital or seat)6 without a known seat not shownOpen in the atlas →

Profiles

Empires that ruled here

Timeline

4th century BCE

  1. Sarmatians300 BCE – 375 CE · profile

3rd century BCE

  1. Bastarnae200 BCE – 280 CE · tribal confederation

2nd century BCE

  1. Roxolani150 BCE – 375 CE · nomadic confederation

1st century BCE

  1. Kingdom of Dacia82 BCE – 106 CE · kingdom

2nd century

  1. Carpi140 CE – 318 CE · tribal confederation

3rd century

  1. Tervingi291 CE – 376 CE · tribal confederation

6th century

  1. Antes500 CE – 602 CE · tribal confederation

9th century

  1. Hungarian tribal federation830 CE – 895 CE · nomadic confederation
  2. Pechenegs860 CE – 1091 CE · nomadic confederation

14th century

  1. Principality of Moldavia1346 CE – 1859 CE · profile

19th century

  1. Kingdom of Romania1881 CE – 1947 CE · kingdom

20th century

  1. Moldavian Democratic Republic1917 CE – 1918 CE · republic

In the encyclopedia

Shared histories

States that also lay in other present-day countries:

States of Balkans and Hungary → States of Poland, Lithuania and Russia → All country histories →

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). History of Moldova. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/moldova
MLA
“History of Moldova.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/moldova. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “History of Moldova.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/moldova.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘History of Moldova’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/moldova (Accessed: ).