Numantia
Americannoun
noun
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Against the single town of Numantia it was necessary to send Scipio, the best general of Rome.
From History Of Ancient Civilization by Charles Seignobos
The preceeding successes caused great depression amongst the Spanish troops, and on the following day the battalion of Numantia, numbering 650 disciplined men, deserted in a body, and joined the Chilian forces at Chancay.
From Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 1 by Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald
Had Fregellae played the part of a second Numantia, the Social War might have been anticipated by thirty-five years.
From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge
In early youth he served at the siege of Numantia, in the same camp with Marius and Jugurtha, under the younger Scipio Africanus397, whose friendship and protection he had the good fortune to acquire.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
Metellus had to face the task which had confronted Scipio at Numantia.
From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge
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