Siege of Numantia

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military campaign military siege

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.

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Surface form	Occurrences
siege and destruction of Numantia	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ military siege ⓘ
associatedWith	Jugurtha (as a Numidian prince serving Rome) NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman general Gaius Marius (as a young officer) NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerentStrength	approximately 30,000 Roman troops ⓘ
cause	continued Celtiberian resistance to Roman rule ⓘ
chronologyNote	took place shortly after the Third Punic War ⓘ
combatant	Celtiberians NERFINISHED ⓘ Numantia NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Scipio Aemilianus NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	Roman–Celtiberian conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Numantia NERFINISHED ⓘ near modern Soria, Spain ⓘ
militaryInnovation	strict restoration of discipline in the Roman army by Scipio Aemilianus ⓘ
modernCountryLocation	Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Numantia NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Numantine War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	earlier unsuccessful Roman operations against Numantia ⓘ
recordedBy	Appian NERFINISHED ⓘ Florus NERFINISHED ⓘ
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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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 of Numantia ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege and destruction of Numantia