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Masinissa
Masinissa or Massinissa , 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 campaign in Spain in the Second Punic War (see Punic Wars ) but eventually went over (c.206) to the Roman side. After defeating h... Read more
Numidia
Numidia , 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 Rome in the Punic Wars . After the Roman victory over Carthage led to peace in 201 BC, Masinissa was awarded rule o... Read more
Jugurtha
Jugurtha , 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. The latter ousted the other two heirs and united Numidia under his rule. In the process, however, some Italians were mu... Read more
Scipio Africanus Minor
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 Pydna. He was adopted by the eldest son of Scipio Africanus Major (see under Scipio , family). He earne... Read more
Punic Wars
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 of the W Mediterranean. When they ended, Carthage was ruined, and Rome was the greatest power W o... Read more
Algeria
Algeria , Arab. Al Djazair, Fr. Algérie, officially People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, republic (2005 est. pop. 32,532,000), 919,590 sq mi (2,381,741 sq km), NW Africa, bordering on Mauritania, Western Sahara, and Morocco in the west, on the Mediterranean Sea in the north, on Tunisi... Read more

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Masinissa
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Masinissa Masinissa (240 B.C.-148 B.C.) was Prince of the Massylians, who consolidated...resulted in its domination of the fragmented tribes of the Numidians. Masinissa was born around 240 b.c. at a time of conflict in the long-standing...
Numidia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...part of the Carthaginian empire until Masinissa , ruler of E Numidia, allied himself...over Carthage led to peace in 201 BC, Masinissa was awarded rule of all Numidia. This...the Third Punic War (149-146 BC). Masinissa's successor was Micipsa (148-118...
Publius Cornelius Aemilianus Scipio Africanus Minor
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...mediated peace between the Carthaginians and the Numidian king, Masinissa. Back in Rome he aided in the release of Polybios and the...against the attack of Hasdrubal. After the death of King Masinissa in 148, Scipio settled the succession to the Numidian kingdom...
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...took place, ending in a complete victory for Scipio and King Masinissa, his Numidian ally. Scipio concluded the peace and returned...to arbitrate in a border conflict between Carthage and King Masinissa. In 190 Scipio was instrumental in obtaining for his brother...
Sophonisba
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...daughter of Hasdrubal, a Carthaginian general, who avoided captivity by taking poison at the instigation of her betrothed Masinissa, was the subject of several plays, notably by Marston , N. Lee , and James Thomson . The notorious line ‘Oh...
Jugurtha
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Jugurtha , 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. The latter...
Massinissa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Massinissa see Masinissa .
Scipio Africanus Minor
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...friendship with Laelius has been immortalized by Cicero in De amicitia. He served in the army in Spain (151), and he visited Masinissa of Numidia. As consul (147) he went to Africa and terminated the Third Punic War with the capture and destruction of Carthage...
Punic Wars
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...destruction of Carthage. Charging Carthage with a technical breach of treaty in resisting the encroachment of the Numidian king Masinissa (a Roman ally), Rome declared war and blockaded the city. Carthage never surrendered. The younger Scipio ( Scipio Africanus...

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THE END OF CARTHAGE.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Carthaginians faithfully abided by this agreement even when Masinissa, the ruler of neighboring Numidia, began raiding their lands...for aid had gone unanswered or had been settled in favor of Masinissa. The Carthaginians hoped that, this time, the urgency of...
Captain Walton's divine wanderer and The Dream of Scipio.(Essays)(Frankenstein)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: ANQ; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...185-129 BCE) going to bed later than usual. He and King Masinissa of Africa, whom he is visiting, continu[e their] conversation...he puts it, by the conversation just concluded with King Masinissa. He sees Africanus the Elder standing before him in the shape...
L'Italie et la France dans l'Europe latine du XIVe au XVIIe siecle: Influence, emulation, traduction.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...myth of huntress and locus amoenus. Jean-Frederic Chevalier details Petratrch's interpretation of Livy's account of Masinissa's heroism that evolves into pathos in later narrative and drama. According to Laurence Boulegue, Gabriel Naude's political...
A BITTER END FOR TWO PATRIOTS.(Hannibal defeated, 202 B.C.)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Hannibal's defeat had come in 202 B.C. on the plain of Zama, outside Carthage, at the hands of Scipio and Rome's ally Masinissa, a desert chieftain with a strong cavalry. Their spirit broken, the Carthaginians asked for peace. The terms were deliberately...
Saddam: Latter-day Jugurtha?(The Last Word)
Magazine article from: The New American; 1/12/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...civil war and Caesarism about a century later. Jugurtha was the adopted son of the Numidian king Micipsa, whose father, Masinissa, had been an ally of Rome in the protracted struggle with the Carthaginians. When Jugurtha got embroiled in a dynastic struggle...