Editing Scordisci (section)

===2nd century BC===
The Scordisci most likely subdued the Dardani in the mid-2nd century BC, after which there was for a long time no mention of the Dardani.{{sfn|Mócsy|1974|p=12}} From 141&nbsp;BC, the Scordisci were constantly involved in battles against Roman-held Macedonia. They were defeated in 135&nbsp;BC.<ref>The praetorship in the Roman Republic by [[T. Corey Brennan]], 2000, page 229, "For his part, Cosconius campaigned successfully against the Scordisci..."</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Papazoglu|1978|p=286}} "As to where the battle between the Scordisci and Cosconius' troops took place, nothing definite can be said. The Scordisci had perhaps entered Thrace [...]"</ref> by [[Cosconius]] in Thrace.<ref name="Livy2007">{{cite book|author=Livy|title=Rome's Mediterranean Empire: Books 41-45 and the Periochae|url=https://archive.org/details/romesmediterrane0000livy|url-access=registration|date=8 November 2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-160539-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/romesmediterrane0000livy/page/268 268]–|quote=In Thrace, the praetor Marcus Cosconius fought successfully against the Scordisci [...]}}</ref> In 118&nbsp;BC, according to a memorial<ref name="Kos2005">{{cite book|author=Marjeta Šašel Kos|title=Appian and Illyricum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=opBpAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Narodni Muzej Slovenije|isbn=978-961-6169-36-3|page=151|quote=A general who lost his life during an attack by the Scordisci is even epigraphically attested: the praetor Sextus Pompeius. His defeat is documented [...]}}</ref> stone discovered near [[Thessalonica]], [[Sextus Pompeius]], probably the grandfather of the triumvir, was slain fighting against them near [[Stobi]]. In 114&nbsp;BC, they surprised and destroyed the army of [[Gaius Porcius Cato]]<ref name="Hazel2002">{{cite book|author=John Hazel|title=Who's Who in the Roman World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NzmCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA58|date=26 September 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-59251-7|pages=58–|quote=Cato 1, Gaius Porcius [...] was consul in 114&nbsp;BC, when he lost a battle against the Scordisci in Macedonia [...]}}</ref> in the western mountains of [[Serbia]], but two years later they were defeated by [[Marcus Livius Drusus (consul)|Marcus Livius Drusus]] (112 BC) and a few years later again by [[Marcus Minucius Rufus (consul 110 BC)|Minucius Rufus]] (107 BC).<ref>The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 9: The Last Age of the Roman Republic, 146-43&nbsp;BC by J. A. Crook, [[Andrew Lintott]], and Elizabeth Rawson, 1994, {{ISBN|0-521-25603-8}}, Back matter, "M.Minucius Rufius over the Scordisci and the Thracians..."</ref> However, they did not give up their claim over Pannonia, since there is mention of their involvement in the second siege of Sisak in 119&nbsp;BC.