| Summary: | During the fourth century BC the Celts expanded into the Balkan Peninsula
and the Carpathian Basin. After the major defeat at Delphi, in Greece, the
surviving Celtic tribes formed an alliance under the name Scordisci. They
settled in the wider territory around the confluence of the Sava and the
Danube, which became a base for their subsequent invasions into Thrace and
beyond. The Celtic presence in the region has been best documented by the
necropoles in Karaburma (Singidunum) and Pećine (Viminacium). These
graveyards had a complex arrangement of burials into groups and sections.
The warrior graves contained pieces of weaponry showing decorative elements
of both Western and Eastern Celtic art tradition. Some of the female graves
contained rich personal adornment such as the coral bracelet and the
Münsingen-type fibula in a grave in Pećine. Until the Roman conquest, the
Scordisci remained the most powerful military force in the region.
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