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SCORDISCI , in ancient geography , a Celtic tribe inhabiting the southern part
lower
population . As early as 175 B.C. they came into collision with the Romans by assisting Perseus, king of Macedonia; and after Macedonia became a Roman province they were for many years engaged in hostilities with them. In 135 they were defeated by M. Cosconius in Thrace (Livy, epic. 56); in 118, according to a memorial stone
governors
Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus finally overcame them in 88 and drove them across the Danube
Strabo
been expelled from the valley of the Danube by the Dacians (Strabo
See Mommsen, Hist. of Rome (Eng. trans.), bk. iv. ch. 5, who puts the final conquest of the Scordisci by the Romans not later than 91. Also H. Pomtow, " Die drei Brande des Tempels zu Delphi " in Rheinisches Museum, l i. p. 369 (1896) ; A. Holder, Altceltischer Sprachschatz, ii. (1904). End of Article: SCORDISCI If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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