Leading large contingents of bandits, Tanginus sacked the territories of the Edetanians and Sedetanians, allies to Rome, which forced Pompeius to leave Numantia and march to protect their vassals.
[5] Pompeius encountered Tanginus in Salduie (modern day Zaragoza), where the Celtiberian crossed the Ebro river to keep the distance with the more numerous Romans.
[4][3] However, Pompeius crossed it too with cavalry troops and reached their enemies in Ebelinum (Ayerbe), after which the rest of his army followed them and defeated the Celtiberians.
[4] However, Pompeius captured many of his warriors, which attracted a great deal of attention in ancient sources: unwilling to become prisoners or slaves, many of the seized Celtiberians killed themselves, their captors and each other,[6] to the point the Romans had to tie them up to stop the bloodshed.
[6] Tanginus's empress was not in vain, as when Pompeius returned to Numantia to resume the siege, he suffered repeated defeats and was forced to sign a peace treaty.