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Scordisci were, in ancient geography, a war-like tribe inhabiting the southern part of lower
Pannonia, comprising parts of the present-day countries
Austria,
Croatia,
Hungary,
Serbia,
Slovenia,
Slovakia and
Bosnia and Herzegovina, between the
Savus (Sava),
Dravus (Drava) and
Danube rivers. Their tribal name may be connected to the name of the Scordus mountain (
Šar mountain) which was located between
Illyria and
Paionia.
The Scordisci were a
Celtic tribe, belonging to the Sigovesus branch. Evidence can be found in the testimony of Torgus Pompejus who already came in contact with them in that area.
Strabo mentions the Celts already in the area as early as 300 BC. The Scordisci didn't pose an active threat to the Greeks until other tribes invading the area pushed the Celts more southwards.
There is a hypothesis that it was the Scordisci who met with Alexander the Great, according to
Arrian and
Strabo. It took the Celtic delegation only a couple of day's travel to reach Alexander. Since there were no records of other Celtic tribes in the region historians presume these were the Scordisci.
In
279 BC, after their clash with the
Greeks, Scordisci started progressing towards
Pannonia, settling at the point where
Moesia and
Balkans end, at the confluence of two rivers,
Sava and
Danube, where they erected fortresses in
Singidunum and
Taurunum, founding today's city of
Belgrade.
In
135 BC they were defeated by
Cosconius in Thrace. In
118 BC, according to a memorial stone discovered near
Thessalonica,
Sextus Pompeius, probably the grandfather of the triumvir, was slain fighting against them near
Stobi. In
114 BC they surprised and destroyed the army of
Gaius Porcius Cato in the western mountains of
Serbia, but were defeated by
Minucius Rufus in
107 BC.
Nevertheless, they still from time to time gave trouble to the Roman governors of
Macedonia, whose territory they invaded in combination with the
Maedi and
Dardani. They even advanced as far as
Delphi and plundered the temple; but
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus finally overcame them in
88 BC and drove them across the Danube. In
Strabo's time they'd been expelled from the valley of the Danube by the
Dacians. The Scordisci later became subject to the Dacians.They started receiving Roman citizenship during Trajan's rule..
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