🏛️ Numantia-Pagus Gallorum et Segardinenssium
Celtiberian settlement and Roman siege site in central Spain
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Soria, Castile and León, Spain (41.818584, -2.036101)
- Period: Celtiberian occupation from 6th century BCE; Roman siege 134–133 BCE
- UNESCO: Part of Archaeological Sites of Atapuerca and Numancia (pending designation discussion)
- Current status: Open-air archaeological site with excavated remains and on-site museum
Numantia was a major Celtiberian settlement on the Duero River plateau that became the focal point of one of antiquity's most documented sieges. The Roman general Scipio Aemilianus besieged the city in 134 BCE during the Lusitanian Wars, resulting in mass casualties and the city's destruction. The site remains one of the most extensively excavated Iron Age settlements in the Iberian Peninsula, revealing layers of habitation, defensive structures, and evidence of Roman siege engineering ...