Les Celtes orientaux et la formation des Scordisques

Eastern Celts and the formation of the Scordisci : archaeological, numismatic and chronological points-of-view. Celts settled in the Yugoslavian district of Podunavlje by the end of the 4th and the beginning of the 3rd century B.C. In these areas, they were representing a strong political and cultural element till the coming of the Roman power by the end of the 1st century B.C. After the big Celtic raid into Macedonia and Greece, in 279, we know them under the name of Scordisci. During the 3rd century, the Celtic potentialities in the Balkans were absorbed for the most part by the Macedonian kings who employed them as mercenaries. But even before the middle of the 2nd century B.C., the Scordisci constituted a strong political and territorial organization, endowed with a material culture which, together with Celtic features, also presents local peculiarities. Aggressive and dominating on the cultural level, the Scordisci, from that time on, represent an important element in the historical events at the south-eastern limits of the Celtic world

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