The site

Numantia is an ancient Celtiberian hillfort and settlement crowning the Cerro de la Muela near Garray in Soria, Spain. It is remembered above all for its fierce role in the Celtiberian Wars against Rome: after two decades of hostilities that began in 153 BCE, the Senate sent Scipio Aemilianus to destroy it in 133 BCE. Its stubborn resistance made Numantia a lasting symbol of defiance.

Field notes

civilizations

Iberian

types

Hillfort

built

1,702 BCE

occupied

1,702 BCE — 400 CE

country

Spain

elevation

1,074 m above sea level