Numantia

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Numantia was an ancient Celtiberian hilltop city in central Spain, renowned for its fierce resistance against Roman conquest during the Numantine Wars.

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Numantia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtiberian settlement
ancient city
archaeological site
afterConquest Romanized settlement
archaeologicalRemains artifacts of Celtiberian culture
defensive walls
house foundations
streets
besiegedBy Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus NERFINISHED
Scipio Aemilianus NERFINISHED
conflict Numantine War NERFINISHED
country Hispania NERFINISHED
culture Celtiberian NERFINISHED
defensiveFeature fortified walls
hilltop position
documentedBy Appian NERFINISHED
Florus NERFINISHED
era Iron Age NERFINISHED
excavatedBy Eduardo Saavedra NERFINISHED
excavatedIn 19th century
fallDate 133 BC
hasNameEtymology possibly Celtic origin
heritageStatus Bien de Interés Cultural
historicalPeriod 2nd century BC
inhabitedBy Arevaci NERFINISHED
knownFor Numantine Wars NERFINISHED
resistance to Roman conquest
siege by Scipio Aemilianus
language Celtiberian language NERFINISHED
locatedIn Castile and León
Celtiberia NERFINISHED
central Spain
province of Soria
locatedNear city of Soria
modern village of Garray
modernCountry Spain NERFINISHED
modernUseOfName used for sports clubs in Soria
used in literature as symbol of resistance
nearRiver Duero River NERFINISHED
opponent Roman Republic NERFINISHED
partOf Roman–Celtiberian conflicts NERFINISHED
region Meseta Central NERFINISHED
situatedOn hilltop
strategicRole control of upper Duero valley
symbolOf Spanish national identity in later historiography
heroic resistance

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Celtiberia majorSettlement Numantia