1After that it seemed that the rest of the summer would be quiet, and it would have been, as far as the Carthaginian enemy was concerned; 2but besides the fact that the characters of the Spaniards themselves are restless and eager for revolution, Mandonius and Indibilis, who had previously been chieftain of the Ilergetes, after the Romans withdrew from the pass to the sea coast, roused their countrymen and came to plunder the peaceful territory of the Roman allies. 4Against them a military tribune with light-armed auxiliaries, sent by Scipio, routed them in a slight engagement, since they were a hastily gathered band, killing a thousand men, capturing some and stripping a large part of their arms.
5Yet this disturbance drew Hasdrubal back, as he was withdrawing towards the Ocean, to this side of the Ebro to protect his allies. 6The Punic camp was in the territory of the Ilergavonenses, the Roman camp at Nova Classis, when a sudden report turned the war in another direction. 7The Celtiberians, who had sent the leading men of their region as envoys and had given hostages to the Romans, roused by a message sent by Scipio, take up arms and invade the province of the Carthaginians with a strong army. 8They take three towns by storm; 8then they fight splendidly in two battles against Hasdrubal himself; 8they killed about fifteen thousand of the enemy, and capture four thousand together with many military standards.