The Tiny Spanish Town That Humiliated Rome for 20 Years

For twenty years, a Celtiberian hill town near Soria humiliated the armies of Rome. It trapped a consul's entire army, forced Rome to send Scipio Aemilianus, the destroyer of Carthage, and only fell after a nine-kilometre wall starved it into surrender in 133 BC. The siege, the ride for help, the end of Numantia and why 'numantino' still means heroic resistance in Spanish. Chapters: 0:00 The town that would not fall 0:40 A hill above the Duero 1:26 Twenty years of war 2:05 The general who surrendered 3:03 Rome sends its best 3:50 Building a cage 4:36 The ride for help 5:14 Hunger 5:41 The end of Numantia 6:20 Rising from the ruins 6:58 A word in the Spanish language 7:39 The lesson Sources: Wikipedia, "Numantine War" (154–133 BC, Pompeius, Mancinus, Scipio's army): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numantine_War Wikipedia, "Siege of Numantia" (siege works, famine, surrender): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Num... Wikipedia, "Numantia" (site, Schulten's excavations, legacy): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numantia Appian, The Spanish Wars (translation on Livius.org): https://www.livius.org/sources/content/app... Encyclopaedia Romana, "Numantia" (University of Chicago): https://penelope.uchicago.edu/encyclopaedi... Wikipedia, "The Siege of Numantia" (Cervantes' play): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Siege_of... Ancient numbers are uncertain: sources give up to 60,000 men for Scipio and a siege of eight to sixteen months. Retogenes, Lutia and the surrender scene come from Appian. Narration: AI voice (Chatterbox). Illustrations: AI-generated in an engraving style, not historical images. Research, script and editing by the channel. Music: "Inspired" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Thinking Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Dreamer" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/