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Masinissa
(Encyclopedia)Masinissa or Massinissaboth: msns´ [key], c.238–148 BC, king of Numidia. He succeeded (c.207 BC) his father as king of E Numidia. Brought up in Carthage, he fought in a Carthaginian campaig...Massinissa
(Encyclopedia)Massinissa: see Masinissa.Numidia
(Encyclopedia)Numidia noomd´ [key], ancient country of NW Africa, very roughly the modern Algeria. It was part of the Carthaginian empire until Masinissa, ruler of E Numidia, allied himself (c.206 BC) with...Sophonisba
(Encyclopedia)Sophonisba sfnz´b [key], fl. 3d cent. BC, Carthaginian noblewoman, daughter of Hasdrubal. She was the Carthaginian wife of Syphax of Numidia, who after the marriage fought for Carthage. When ...Jugurtha
(Encyclopedia)Jugurtha joogûr´th [key], c.156–104 BC, king of Numidia, a grandson of Masinissa. On the death of Micipsa (118 BC), the royal power devolved upon his two sons and upon his adopted son Jugurtha...Scipio Africanus Minor
(Encyclopedia)Scipio Africanus Minor (Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus), c.185–129 BC, Roman general, destroyer of Carthage. He was the son of Aemilius Paullus, under whom he fought at Pyd...Punic Wars
(Encyclopedia)Punic Wars, three distinct conflicts between Carthage and Rome. When they began, Rome had nearly completed the conquest of Italy, while Carthage controlled NW Africa and the islands and the commerce o...Algeria
(Encyclopedia)Algeria ljr´ [key], Arab. Al Djazair, Fr. Algérie, officially People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, republic (2015 est. pop. 39,872,000), 919,590 sq mi (2,381,741 sq km), NW Africa, borde...Browse by Subject
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