Siege of Numantia

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The Siege of Numantia was a decisive Roman military campaign in 134–133 BC in which Roman forces under Scipio Aemilianus besieged and ultimately destroyed the Celtiberian city of Numantia in Hispania.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Numantia canonical 2
siege and destruction of Numantia 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
associatedWith Jugurtha (as a Numidian prince serving Rome) ⓘ
linked to: Jugurtha

Roman general Gaius Marius (as a young officer) ⓘ
belligerentStrength approximately 30,000 Roman troops ⓘ
cause continued Celtiberian resistance to Roman rule ⓘ
chronologyNote took place shortly after the Third Punic War ⓘ
combatant Celtiberians ⓘ
linked to: Celtiberia

Numantia ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
commander Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus ⓘ
Scipio Aemilianus ⓘ
conflictType Roman–Celtiberian conflict ⓘ
linked to: Celtiberian Wars
culturalLegacy inspired later Spanish national and literary traditions ⓘ
subject of later Roman literary accounts ⓘ
endDate 133 BC ⓘ
followedBy consolidation of Roman control in Celtiberia ⓘ
geographicalContext Celtiberian region of central-northern Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Roman Republic ⓘ
legacy Scipio Aemilianus received the agnomen "Numantinus" after the siege ⓘ
location Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Hispania (probable)

Numantia ⓘ
near modern Soria, Spain ⓘ
militaryInnovation strict restoration of discipline in the Roman army by Scipio Aemilianus ⓘ
modernCountryLocation Spain ⓘ
namedAfter Numantia ⓘ
notableFeature construction of extensive siege works ⓘ
use of circumvallation lines ⓘ
opposingForceStrength approximately 4,000 Numantine defenders ⓘ
outcome destruction of Numantia ⓘ
suicide of many Numantine defenders ⓘ
partOf Celtiberian Wars ⓘ
Numantine War ⓘ
linked to: Celtiberian Wars
precededBy earlier unsuccessful Roman operations against Numantia ⓘ
recordedBy Appian ⓘ
Florus ⓘ
result Roman victory ⓘ
RomanPoliticalContext conducted under the Roman Republic Senate’s authority ⓘ
significance decisive end to Numantine resistance ⓘ
important step in Roman conquest of Hispania ⓘ
symbol of Roman military discipline and persistence ⓘ
startDate 134 BC ⓘ
tactics blockade ⓘ
encirclement ⓘ
starvation siege ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scipio Aemilianus → notableBattle → Siege of Numantia ⓘ
Roman conquest of Spain → significantEvent → siege and destruction of Numantia ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Numantia
Celtiberian Wars → significantBattle → Siege of Numantia ⓘ