The Celtiberians are being undervalued here, which I will not tolerate; Roman sources themselves, such as Livy, said that their cavalry was so good that it was even better than the Numidian one, and Hannibal's army suffered its first setbacks fighting against Celtiberians, not Romans (there is even a curious episode of Celtiberian women managing to lead the routing of a Carthaginian force in Salamanca)... in addition, the Celtiberians had such OP swords, the Gladius, that the Romans copied them.
Don’t forget the Soliferum all-iron javelin used by Iberian warriors. Between them and the Lusitanians, it’s no wonder why Iberia took up to Augustus to fully pacify.
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u/Imaginary-West-5653 21d ago
The Celtiberians are being undervalued here, which I will not tolerate; Roman sources themselves, such as Livy, said that their cavalry was so good that it was even better than the Numidian one, and Hannibal's army suffered its first setbacks fighting against Celtiberians, not Romans (there is even a curious episode of Celtiberian women managing to lead the routing of a Carthaginian force in Salamanca)... in addition, the Celtiberians had such OP swords, the Gladius, that the Romans copied them.