Numantine War

154 BCE – 133 BCE

Rome's brutal twenty-year campaign to subdue the Celtiberian stronghold of Numantia in Spain.

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Numantine War

154 BCE – 133 BCE

Rome's brutal twenty-year campaign to subdue the Celtiberian stronghold of Numantia in Spain. The city's defenders chose mass suicide over surrender, and Scipio Aemilianus razed the city after a prolonged siege.

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Celts Polity · Europe Founded 1200 BCE · attested to 100 BCE Carthaginian Empire Polity · Europe 801 BCE – 145 BCE Saami Polity · Europe 1500 BCE – 700 CE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Danube Delta Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

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167 BCE Maccabean Revolt 150 BCE Qumran 135 BCE First Servile War 120 BCE Ctesiphon 113 BCE Cimbrian War 112 BCE Jugurthine War

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