The Basque Principality was formed from the small Pyrenesian area of North Spain, which set up on its own account when the Romans pulled out. The Celts that attempted to dominate the area met with a few easy successes, but were ultimately defeated and cast out with the help of the Basques' unlikely allies, the Berbers and Libyan Poeni from the North African continent. The capital is Asturica, which was swiped from the failing Kingdom of the Asturias, the local Roman client kingdom before the fall of the empire.