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Masinissa (Numidian: , Masnsen; c. 238 BC – 148 BC: 180, 183 ), also
spelled M****inissa, M****ena and M****an, was an
ancient Numidian king best
known for...
- in the west (Capital: Siga).
During the
Second Punic War (218–201 BC),
Masinissa, king of the M****ylii,
defeated Syphax of the
Masaesyli to
unify Numidia...
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their Numidian allies were
repeatedly beaten in
battle and the
Roman ally
Masinissa became the
leading Numidian ruler.
Scipio and
Carthage entered into peace...
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between the end of the
Second Punic War and
around the
Roman conquest, with
Masinissa as the
first king of a
unified Numidia.
During the
Punic Wars, Syphax...
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Masinissa II (or M****inissa II) was the
petty king of
western Numidia with his
capital at
Cirta (81–46 BC). He was
named after, or took his name after...
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Stathmopoda masinissa, the
persimmon fruit moth, is a moth of the
family Stathmopodidae. The
species was
first described by
Edward Meyrick in 1906. It...
- For
nearly 250 years,
Berber kings of the 'House of
Masinissa'
ruled in
Numidia in
modern day Algeria, and
later in
adjacent regions,
first as sovereigns...
- (Pun. 27–28), and C****ius Dio (Zonaras 9.11), but Polybius, who had met
Masinissa,
never refers to
Sophonisba by name in his
allusions to her (14.4ff.)...
- were
allied to the Carthaginians. When Gala died in 206 BC, his sons
Masinissa and
Oezalces quarreled about the inheritance, and
Syphax was able to conquer...
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Adherbal (Punic: 𐤀𐤃𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋, ʾDRBʿL), son of
Micipsa and
grandson of
Masinissa, was a king of
Numidia between 118 and 112 BC. He
inherited the throne...
