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Deceneus
Deceneus was a Dacian high priest and adviser to King Burebista in the 1st century BCE, according to Strabo and Jordanes. He is said to have helped Burebista unite the Dacians and to have persuaded them to cut down their vineyards and live soberly. Later sources present him as a teacher of philosophy and almost a co-ruler of the kingdom.
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