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Numantine War

154 BCE – 133 BCE · 21 years

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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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Roman Republic
  • Celtiberian tribes

Key moments

Defining events in the Numantine War.

  1. 134-133 BC Siege of Numantia
  2. 136 BC Battle of Pallantia

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 154 BCE and 133 BCE.

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