Burebista was one of the early kings of the Dacians.He ruled between 82-44 B.C. and was the first Dacian ruler to unite all Dacian and Getae tribes into a single kingdom. His civil and religious capital was at Sarmizegethusa,in the Carpathian Mountains in present-day Romania.He made alliances with neighboring Celtic tribes and Greek cities from the Black Sea region.His greatest enemy was the Roman Empire and he made alliances with Pompey against Julius Caesar during the Roman Civil War.Burebista died in 44 B.C. leaving a great unified and strong Dacian kingdom behind.