Numantia
Americannoun
noun
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Jugurtha had now the opportunity, for the first time, of putting to the test that which he had learnt in the camp before Numantia of the venality and corruption of the Roman nobility.
From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir
Thus passed Palmares, the Negro Numantia, most famous and greatest of the Brazilian qui-lombos.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various
The Tanaconneusis was inhabited by numerous tribes, and the chief ancient cities were Barcelona, Tanagona the metropolis, Pampeluna, Oporto, Numantia, Saguntum, Saragossa, and Cartagena.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
The latter was an able, energetic, but ambitious and unscrupulous prince, who had gained a good knowledge of Roman society through serving in the Roman army before Numantia.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
This was that Scipio that afterwards destroyed Carthage and Numantia, and was, without dispute, the first of the Romans in merit, and had the greatest authority amongst them.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
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