The terms Dacian included a number of tribes, as was case also with the Thracians. Each tribe inhabited a certain territory with a citadel as the capital. Twelve Dacians tribes are mentioned by the ancient geographer Claudios Ptolemaios. The following lists all that I have found referenced:
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Albocenses - lived west of the Potulatenses
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Anarti - lived in the north west
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Apuli - lived in central Transylvania with their capital at Apulum (Piatra Craivii)
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Biephi - lived west of the Buridavenses
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Buridavenses - lived in northern Moldavia with their citadel Buridava
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Calipizi - lived between the Dnestr and the Bug rivers
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Carpi - lived east of the Carpathians and west of the Dnestr river. The name of the Carpathian Mountains probably comes from the name of this tribe
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Caucoenses - lived to the east
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Ciagisi - between the Saldenses and Piephigi
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Costoboci - lived in northern and north-eastern Dacia, reaching the territory of modern Ukraine and Moldavia
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Cotenses - live east of the Buridavenses
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Crobobizi and the Trizi - lived in Dobrogea
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Keiasigi - lived in Transylvania
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Piephigi - lived in Moldavia and eastern Muntenia
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Potulatenses - between the Albocenses and Sienses
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Predavenses - lived in the west
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Ratacenses - between the Predavenses and the Caucoenses
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Saldenses - lived in the Banat and Crisana
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Sienses - lived east of the Potulatenses
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Suci - lived in Oltenia with their citadel Sucidava at the mouth of the river Olt
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Teurisci - lived in the north
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Tyragetae - lived at the mouth of the river Dnestr
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