Numantia
Americannoun
noun
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By it your ancestors first subdued the whole of Italy; then destroyed Carthage, overthrew Numantia, and reduced the most mighty kings and most warlike nations under the dominion of this empire.
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Sempronius Gracchus, whom they trusted, came forward to pledge his honour that Numantia should be fairly treated.
From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?
He first served in Spain, and was present at the siege of Numantia in B.C.
From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir
Consul a second time 145 He carries on the war against Numantia 146 133.
From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir
Being commander in Spain, he laid siege to Numantia; and having lost great numbers of his troops through cold and disease, he proposed to the Numantines to come to terms.
From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Yonge, Charles Duke
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