Saguntines

The missile used by the Saguntines was the phalarica, a javelin with a shaft smooth and round up to the head, which, as in the pilum, was an iron point of square section.

The History of Rome, Vol. III 1905

And, if you desire to fortify the plan by precedents, the Saguntines ate human flesh when besieged by Hannibal, and they had no legacy in prospect!

Satyricon 2007

He joked that the Saguntines could not be mistaken for sheep.

Excerpt: The Pride of Carthage by David Anthony Durham 2005

But in the end all understood the substance of his words, and that was this: The Saguntines were afraid.

Excerpt: The Pride of Carthage by David Anthony Durham 2005

Saguntines, who formerly fed on the flesh of their countrymen.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

I will only say this briefly, that they have always endeavored to have some friend in these new provinces who should be as a ladder or door to let them climb in, both to let them enter and as a means of keeping it; as was seen, that by means of the Capuans they entered Samnium, by means of the Camertines into Tuscany, by the Mamertines into Sicily, by the Saguntines into

Discourses 2003

But the second war which afterwards arose between them was not by chance, for Hannibal the Carthaginian Captain assaulted the Saguntines friends of the Romans in Spain, not to injure them, but to move the

Discourses 2003

In short, he is so unruly, that in his rage he devours all men and beasts; as was seen among the Vascons, when Q. Metellus besieged them in the Sertorian wars, among the Saguntines besieged by Hannibal; among the Jews besieged by the Romans, and six hundred more; and all for the gut.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

In short, he is so unruly, that in his rage he devours all men and beasts; as was seen among the Vascons, when Q. Metellus besieged them in the Sertorian wars, among the Saguntines besieged by Hannibal; among the Jews besieged by the Romans, and six hundred more; and all for the gut.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

And, if you desire to fortify the plan by precedents, the Saguntines ate human flesh when besieged by

The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter