The
ancient
Dacian ritual of periodically sacrificing the best young man as a good herald
for the supreme god Zamolxe.
Before Christianity, the Dacian kingdom was formed by a nation having also a common language and religion. In their kingdom, Decaeneus was the high priest, second only to the king. He was the king first counselor and in certain situations, the high priest may become king.
Later on, as Christianity spread throughout the Mediterranean and Lower Danube region, the new religion seemed to find many things in common with the Zamolxian faith. According to some scholars, the assimilation of the new religion by the Dacian people was not so difficult because Christianity shared already some similarities with the religion founded by Zamolxis many centuries earlier.
