Author(s): Cristian GĂZDAC
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: June 30, 2021
Pagination:
Issue/ Volume: 25/2021
DOI:
Abstract:
The use of an intelligence asset – either civilian or military – in order to ensure
the completion of a security task that may have a major political/military/historical
consequences it has been the prerogative of modern and contemporary history. The
existence and an easy access to written media has ensured the myth of intelligence world
and operatives.
What if a fluke occurrence were allow us to bring forward long time forgotten
similar cases which due to the lack of media were buried in the history oblivion?
Based on an extraordinary funerary stone of almost 2,000 year old, the present
paper is analysing the career of an intelligence officer in the Roman army, who’s
intuition/talent led to the capture of one of the most wanted leaders of the barbarian
world – the Dac.
Keywords: intelligence officer, Dacian war, Tiberius Claudius Maximus,
military career, awards
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