-
guerrilla tactics the
Numantines were good at. Instead, he made a
detour though the land of the Vaccaei, who were
selling food to the
Numantines. He was ambushed...
-
Mancinus to the
Numantines as a prisoner. His
successors Lucius Furius Philus and
Gaius Calpurnius Piso
avoided conflict with the
Numantines. In 134 BC, the...
- too
favourable to the
Numantines. Tiberius'
negotiations were
successful in part
because of the
influence with the
Numantines he
inherited from his father's...
- had also
negotiated a
treaty with the
Numantines, but it was
repudiated by the senate. This time, the
Numantines demanded that
Mancinus and his
staff swear...
-
While he went away, the
Numantines made a
sortie against a
cavalry detachment and destro**** it. On his return, the
Numantines offered battle, but they...
- war. So
Pompeius decided to make
peace with the
Numantines.
Pompeius publicly demanded that the
Numantines surrender; however, privately, he only demanded...
-
prevent both
boats and
swimmers from
leaving or
entering the city. The
Numantines attempted one
failed sally before their greatest warrior, Rhetogenes,...
- Mancinus, had
recently suffered a
humiliating defeat at the
hands of the
Numantines and was
forced to surrender, an
event known as the
foedus Mancinum. As...
- 000 men and were arra****
around the
besieged town in
seven camps. The
Numantines, "ready
though they were to die, no
opportunity was
given them of fighting"...
-
months of the
siege of
Numantia in
summer 133 BC, many of the
defeated Numantines preferred to kill
themselves instead of
surrendering to the
Romans and...
