Be this, however, as it may, the oldest inhabitants of the Spanish peninsula were the different tribes of the Iberians proper, and the CeltIberians; the first being the most easily disposed of.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
He considered the warlike character of the Iberians; and this made him unwilling to think that any invader from the north had displaced them.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
Besides the Gauls there were four or five Goths; some Iberians, lean swarthy men; Numidians, fleet of foot, lithe and active-these were used more often for contests with wild beasts than in the gladiatorial conflicts, for which they lacked strength and weight-Parthians and Scythians, together with a score of natives of Italy, Romans and others, who had taken to the profession of gladiator as they might have done to any other calling.
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty