 Lucullus akaendeswa kuHispania Citerior Nearer Spain, kumahombekombe ekumabvazuva kweHispania apo dare reSenate rakaramba chikumbiro chechibvumirano cherunyararo nevaCeltiberians chakaitwa naMarcus Claudius Marcellus kupedza Hondo yeNumantine154152 BC. Zvisinei, Marcellus akapfuurira nehurongwa hwake uye nokukurumidza akagumisa chibvumirano Lucullus asati asvika ikoko. Lucullus akaodzwa mwoyo uye, achida mukurumbira uye achida mari nokuti akanga ari mumamiriro ezvinhu akaoma, akarwisa Vaccaei dzinza reCeltiberian raigara nechokuchamhembe vakanga vasiri muhondo neRoma uye vakadaro pasina mvumo yeseneti. Akataura kuti vakanga vabata zvisina kufanira vaCarpetani sechikonzero. 