Numantia
Americannoun
noun
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The town of Numantia was famous in early days for its long struggle with the armies of the Roman Republic.
From Ancient Town-Planning by F. (Francis) Haverfield
The tales of barbarian tribes in Herodotus, the memories of the siege of Saguntum and Numantia, are invoked in brutal irony to justify the reasonableness of the demand.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
Meantime, after an interval of some years, in 143 the war had broken out afresh in the nearer province where the struggle centered about the town of Numantia.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
This was that Scipio who afterwards took by storm Carthage and Numantia, and became by far the most famous and powerful of all the Romans of his time.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart
Numantia stood upon a lofty rock, and its inhabitants displayed a courage worthy of its high position.
From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket
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