Rubobostes was a

Dacian king This article lists rulers of Thrace and Dacia, and includes Thracian, Paeonian, Celtic, Dacian, Scythian, Persian or Ancient Greek up to the point of its fall to the Roman Empire, with a few figures from Greek mythology. Mythological * Haemus, b ...

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, during the 2nd century BC. He was mentioned in

Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus also anglicized as was a Gallo-Roman historian from the Celtic Vocontii tribe in Narbonese Gaul who lived during the reign of the emperor Augustus. He was nearly contemporary with Livy. Life Pompeius Trogus's grandfathe ...

's ''Prolegomena''. Trogus wrote that during his rule, the Dacians' power increased, as they defeated the

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who previously held the power in the region. Trogus Pompeius and Justin mention a rise in Dacian authority under the leadership of King Rubobostes (before 168 BC) which probably suggests the end of Celtic dominance in Transylvania, that is, that they were possibly thrust out of Dacia by the growing power of an indigenous dynasty. Alternatively, some scholars have proposed that the Transylvanian Celts remained but merged into the local culture context and thus ceased to be distinctive archaeologically. It is possible that both processes were partially responsible for the disappearance of La Tène material in Romania.John T. Koch (2005) 549

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*''Dicţionar de istorie veche a României'' ("Dictionary of Ancient Romanian History") (1976) Editura Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică, pp. 510 *John T. Koch (2005) ''Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia, Volume 1'', , Publisher: ABC-CLIO *Barry Cunliffe (1987) '' The Celtic World'', , Publisher: Outlet Dacian kings 2nd-century BC rulers in Europe {{europe-royal-stub