Numancia (Numancia's Last Day) 1881 by Alejo Vera y Estaca. Spanish painter. Numantia is famous for its role in the Celtiberian Wars. In the year 153 BC Numantia experienced its first serious conflict with Rome. After 20 years of hostilities; in the year 133 BC the Roman Senate gave Scipio Aemilianus Africanus the task of destroying Numantia. He laid siege to the city; erecting a nine kilometre fence supported by towers; moats; impaling rods and so on. After 13 months of siege; the Numantians decided to burn the city and die free rather than live and be slaves.

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