Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The Siege of Numantia, 133 BC: Sources.

The Siege of Numantia, 133 BC: Sources.

Numantia in Ancient Sources. Attalus: Sources for Greek and Roman History, 322-42 BC. Links to all extant sources.

Appian’s Roman History, Vol. 1, pp. 271-295 (Book 6, Chapters 14-15, Sections 84-98). By Appian. English Translation by Horace White. Loeb Classical Library. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1912.

Also find it herehere, here, and here.

Also find Appian’s Roman History at:

Perseus Digital Library. Gregory R. Crane, editor-in-chief. Tufts University.

Livius: Articles on Ancient History. By Jona Lendering (a Dutch historian).

LacusCurtius: Into the Roman World. By Bill Thayer.


Drama:

Numantia: A Tragedy. By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Translated by James Y. Gibson. London: Kegan, Paul Trench and Co., 1885. Also find it here and here.


Historical Essays:

The “Fiery War” and the Siege of Numantia. By Salah. Historum, July 21, 2012.

The Celts in Iberia: An Overview. By Alberto J. Lorrio and Gonzalo Ruiz Zapatero. e-Keltoi: Journal of Inderdisciplinary Celtic Studies, Volume 6: The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula.

Cervantes’ Numancia and Imperial Spain. By Willard F. King. MLN, March 1979.

The Sacrifice Theme in Cervantes’ “Numancia.” By William M. Whitby. Hispania, May 1962.

Amity and Enmity in Cervantes’s La Numancia. By Sabatino G. Maglione. Hispania, May 2000.


Numantia. Wikipedia.


Celtiberians. Wikipedia.

Arevaci. Wikipedia.