Nertóbriga. Jerez de los Caballeros. Badajoz. SPAIN.

The first occupation of the site dates back

to Roman times. The existence of a population

living on the Coto's Hill before to the Roman

conquest has always been deduced from the

same city name, composed of two terms of

clearly Celtic ancestry, 'nerto' with the

meaning 'strong' and 'briga' 'city'. By

extension, 'fortified town'.

Nertobriga is mentioned in the classics, Greek

and Latin sources, as a population of Beturia

Celtic, Lusitanian region in the southwest of

Extremadura and border with turdetano-

tartesio world and subsequently incorporated

by Rome to its Andalusia province. Ptolemy

provides its geographical coordinates;

Polybius mentions the city about his decision

to take the city by Roman troops under the

command of Marco praetor in 152 BC