Celtic and Celticised peoples of the central-northeastern Iberian Peninsula who spoke the Celtiberian language and mounted prolonged resistance to Roman conquest.
Final organised resistance ended with the fall of Numantia in 133 BC (Scipio Aemilianus); subsequently absorbed into Hispania Citerior; the Celtiberian confederacy was forcibly dissolved.
Contains dedicated coverage of Celtiberian culture, society, and the archaeological and linguistic evidence for Celtic settlement in Iberia.
Covers Celtiberian peoples as part of the broader Celtic world, including their distinctive culture and Roman encounter.