ABSTRACT
That victorious Romania was bordered by two defeated states, Hungary and Bulgaria, and two untouchables, Hungary and Russia, meant that in territorial terms it was amongst the most favoured of the post-war states. By means of the peace treaties it doubled in size and population, acquiring the Banat and Transylvania from Hungary, northern Bukovina from Austria, and Bessarabia (eastern Moldavia or Moldova) from Russia, whilst Romanian possession of the southern Dobrudja, acquired from Bulgaria in 1913, was confirmed: greater Romania was the second largest state in eastern Europe.
