Numantia
The capital of the Arevacae or Arevaci, in Hispania Tarraconensis, and the most important
town in all Celtiberia. It was situated near the sources of the Durius (Douro), on a
precipitous hill. It was taken by Scipio Africanus the Younger after a long siege (B.C. 133)
(
Flor. ii. 18).