the country of the Celtiberi, was an extensive inland division of Spain, stretching from the mountains Indubeda and Orospeda westwards to the sources of the Tagus, the Douro, and Guadiana, and comprehending the modern provinces of Cuenca and Soria, part of Aragon and part of Burgos. In the later times of the Roman empire, however, the name came to be almost synonymous with Hispania Citerior. It was a mountainous and barren region, intersected with valleys of great fertility and beauty, and containing some prosperous and celebrated cities. Of these the most famous were Segobriga, the capital; Numantia, which endured a siege of ten years from the Romans, and was only taken by the younger Scipio, B.C. 133; Bibilis, the birthplace of the poet Martial, and many other towns of less note and importance. The inhabitants, as their name imports, were the descendants of the Celts who crossed the Pyrenees from Gaul, and settling in this part of Spain, intermarried with the aboriginal Iberians. They were characterized by the better qualities of both the races from which they sprung, and, as a people, were superior to either. Their valour and military skill were proved in their long and obstinate contest with the Romans, whom they not unfrequently defeated. These qualities were all the more formidable, as, unlike the surrounding tribes, the Celtiberi had brought their soldiers to a high pitch of discipline in their wars with their neighbours and the Carthaginians. They were at last subdued; and though they again revolted, they were unable to make head against the younger Scipio, after the destruction of Numantia. Under Sertorius they once more became formidable to the Roman empire in Spain; but after the fall of that general they quietly submitted, and do not appear again in history as a separate and independent people.