| NATIONALITY or TRIBE, with supposed Subdivisions | APPROXIMATE DATES OF | Remarks |
| First appearance in Danubian Provinces | Term of Domination | By whom and when Conquered | Final Disappearance |
| Getæ—Getæ and Dacians | 335 b.c. | ? | ? | ? | Believed to be of Thracian origin; not clearly traceable. |
| Dacians | (Successors of or contemporary with Getæ) | ? b.c. to a.d. 106 | Romans (Trajan), a.d. 106 | See Remarks | The Dacians rose against the Romans under Ant. Pius and at other times, but were probably fused with the Romans and the barbarians who followed them. |
| Romans | 1st century b.c. | 106 b.c. to 274 a.d. | Withdrew before the Goths about 274 a.d. | ? | A considerable proportion of the Roman and Daco-Roman descendants fused with succeeding tribes, and their descendants survive in Roumania to-day. |
| Goths—Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Gepidæ | 250 a.d. | 274 to 375 a.d. | Huns, 375 a.d. | 378 a.d. | About 376 a.d. they crossed the Danube, driven before the Huns, and were allowed to settle with other tribes in Mœsia. Sometimes the Goths and Huns were allied. |
| Sarmatians, Quadi, Marcomanni invaded Dacia at various times; Sarmatians settled. | > | 282 to 375 a.d. | Romans, 375 a.d. | | The Sarmatians fought against the Romans at various periods, but were conquered by Valentinian, 375 a.d. |
| Huns (and Alani) | 370 to 375 a.d. | 375 a.d. to about 453 | Gepidæ, 453 a.d. | 460 a.d. | The Huns were driven eastward, but returned a few years afterwards, overran Italy, and are mentioned as being in Dacia about 564 a.d. |
| Gepidæ | See above (Goths) | 453 to 550-564 a.d. | Lombards and Avari, 550 a.d. | 568 a.d. | |
| Lombards | 550 a.d. | 561 to ? | Joined the Byzantines | | The Lombards, allied to the Avari, overran a great part of Dacia and Pannonia, and, entering the army of Justinian, left their possessions to the Avari. |
| Avari | 550 a.d. | 564 to 616-640 (intermittently) | Dispersed. Part annihilated by Heraclius (610-640) | End seventh century | The Avari were alternately masters and vassals of other tribes. |
| Bulgari | 493 to 499 a.d. | 634 (with Slaves) 679 (alone) to 1014-1019 | Byzantines (Basilius) 1014-1019 | See Remarks | The Bulgari were of Scythian origin, and many tribes have been included in them by different authors. Amongst them, the Wallachs, Croats, Moravians (Lesage). |
| Slaves | 493 to 527 | See Remarks | See Remarks | | The Slaves settled in detachments in various parts, from the Euxine to the Adriatic Sea, and, allied with one or more tribes, fought the Byzantines. Many merged into the general population. |
| Byzantine Empire | | 1014 to ? | | | For some time Dacia was nominally incorporated with the Empire. |
| Ungri—Hungarians or Magyars | 824 to 839 a.d. | Powerful in Dacia Trajana tenth century | Stephen (about 997) founded Hungarian Kingdom | | Transylvania was annexed to Hungary either 1002 or 1070 a.d. |
| Patzinakitai (probably mixed race) | End of ninth century | Powerful tenth century | Came under Kumani &c. | Disappeared in Hungary about 1275 | The Patzinakitai, settled chiefly in the Carpathians, are associated with Wallachs and Kumani as vassals. |
| Kumani (and Chazars) | 1047 a.d. (with Chazars) | Powerful 1083 to 1220 | Settled and baptised 1220 a.d. | | The Kumani dominated over and absorbed other tribes on the Carpathians. |
| Wallacho-Bulgarian Empire—(Wallachs, called also Romani, Blachi, &c.) | Wallachs, 976-1037 | 1199 to 1246-1285 | Tartars, about 1246-1285 | | The Wallachs were a race of shepherds; considered by some an independent tribe (see above remarks on Bulgari), by others descendants of the Daco-Roman colonists. |
| Teutonic Knights and Knights of St. John | | Teut. Knts. 1200 to 1223; Knts. St. John 1249 to ? | | | The King of Hungary, as suzerain of Transylvania and part of Wallachia, gave the government of certain districts to the Teutonic Knights in 1200, but withdrew it in 1223 a.d. |
| Tartars (or Mongols) | About 1240 | Made inroads into 'Moldavia' and Wallachia 13th century. Ruled in Moldavia 13th and first half of 14th century. | Retired northward to Russia. Founded the Tartar Dynasty. | | At the same time there were smaller voivodeships, banates, and khanates north of the Danube. |