Numantia
Americannoun
noun
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In the year 129 died Scipio Aemilianus, the conqueror of Carthage and Numantia, the foremost Roman of the day.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
He showed great ability, and in two years reduced the whole northern province, except the two cities of Termantia and Numantia.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
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 Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of
We must go back to the days of Leonidas and Regulus to find parallels for the exploits of our own Indian army; to Numantia and Saguntum for parallels to Saragossa and Gerona.
From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
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 Stewart, Aubrey
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