"An empire that cannot sustain a blow and remain standing is not really an... — G A N Z E E R . T O D A Y

"An empire that cannot sustain a blow and remain standing is not really an... — G A N Z E E R . T O D A Y

From Yuval Noah Harari's SAPIENS. "Eventually, in 134 BC, Roman patience snapped. The Senate decided to send Scipio Aemilianus, Rome's foremost general and the man who had levelled Carthage, to take care of the Numantians. He was given a massive army of more than 30,000 soldiers. Scipio, who respected the fighting spirit and martial skill of the Numantians, preferred not to waste his soldiers in unnecessary combat. Instead, he encircled Numantia