 The siege of Numantia was recorded by several Roman historians that admired the sense of freedom of the ancient Iberians and acknowledged their fighting skills against the Roman legions.Miguel de Cervantes (author of "Don Quixote") wrote a play about the event, "La Numancia", which stands today as his most well-known dramatic work.More recently, Carlos Fuentes has written a short story about the event, "The Two Numantias", published in his 1994 collection "The Orange Tree".