Numantia
ancient city and archaeological site
6 dated entries naming Numantia, drawn from 6 separate years between 154 BCE and 133 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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2nd century BC
- 154 BCEThe Lusitanians harry the inhabitants of the Roman provinces in Hispania. At the same time, the Celtiberians of Numantia on the Douro revolt against their Roman occupation.source
- 151 BCERoman armies under the leadership of praetor Servius Sulpicius Galba and the proconsul Lucius Licinius Lucullus arrive in Hispania Ulterior and begin the process of subduing the local population. The revolt of the Celtiberians of Numantia is stopped.source
- 137 BCENumantine War begins, Quintus Pompeius and M. Popilius Laenas are defeated and disgraced by the Numantians in subsequent years.source
- 136 BCEThe Romans hand Gaius Hostilius Mancinus over to the Numantians in order to repudiate his peace treaty with them.source
- 134 BCEScipio Aemilianus, victor of Carthage, takes command in Spain against the Numantians. He recruits 20,000 men and 40,000 allies, including Numidian cavalry under Jugurtha. Scipio, an expert in sieges, builds a ring of seven forts and a ditch palisade before beginning the Siege of Numantia. The perimeter of the circumvallations is twice as long as that of the city. The river Durius (Douro), enables the defenders to be supplied by small boats.source
- 133 BCELucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, as consul, is sent against the slaves in Italy. Gaius Marius serves under Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus at Numantia.source
Named in the same entries
- Douro (2)
- Spain (1)
- Carthage (1)
- Numidia (1)
- Jugurtha (1)
- Scipio Aemilianus (1)
- Italy (1)
- Gaius Marius (1)
- Roman Republic (1)
- Hispania (1)