Numantia
Americannoun
noun
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No one saw more clearly than he the baseness of the destruction of Carthage and the cruelty of the sack of Numantia; yet it was he who, as general, had to carry them out.
From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Hamilton, Mary Agnes
Against the single town of Numantia it was necessary to send Scipio, the best general of Rome.
From History Of Ancient Civilization by Seignobos, Charles
Numantia is an early Saragossa, Saragossa a modern Numantia.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Serves at the siege of Numantia 161 Attracts the notice of Scipio Africanus 161 119.
From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir
Lucilius, sometimes called "The Father of Satire," was a man of equestrian rank, and fought with Scipio at Numantia.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)
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