Numantia
[noo-man-shee-uh, -shuh, nyoo-]
- an ancient city in N Spain: besieged and taken 134–133 b.c. by Scipio the Younger.
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Numantia is an early Saragossa, Saragossa a modern Numantia.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and DependenciesRobert Gordon Latham
The fall of Numantia gave Rome a hold upon the interior of Spain, which was never lost.
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 ADRobert F. Pennell
He was present at the siege of Numantia, and his courage caused Scipio to predict for him a brilliant career.
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 ADRobert F. Pennell
When Numantia was taken by Scipio, mothers, with the half-eaten bodies of their babes in their bosoms, were found!
The Satyricon, Volume 5 (Crotona Affairs)Petronius Arbiter
After a long and often disastrous siege, Scipio utterly destroyed Numantia.
The Roman History of Ammianus MarcellinusAmmianus Marcellinus
Numantia
- an ancient city in N Spain: a centre of Celtic resistance to Rome in N Spain; captured by Scipio the Younger in 133 bc
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