Numidia (n
mĭd`ēə), ancient country of NW Africa, very roughly the modern Algeria Algeria (ăljēr`ēə), Arab. Al Djazair, Fr.
..... Click the link for more information. . It was part of the Carthaginian empire until Masinissa Masinissa or Massinissa (both: măsĭnĭs`ə), c.238–148 B.C., king of Numidia. He succeeded (c.
..... Click the link for more information. , ruler of E Numidia, allied himself (c.206 B.C.) with Rome in the 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.
..... Click the link for more information. . After the Roman victory over Carthage led to peace in 201 B.C., Masinissa was awarded rule of all Numidia. This began Numidia's most flourishing period, culturally and politically. Numidia's encroachments on reviving Carthage furnished Rome with a pretext for the Third Punic War (149–146 B.C.). Masinissa's successor was Micipsa (148–118 B.C.), one of whose heirs, Jugurtha Jugurtha (jgûr`thə), c.156–104 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. , brought on a fatal war with Rome. Later, in the Roman civil war, King Juba I Juba II, d. c.A.D. 20, was educated in Rome and reinstated as king, probably first in Numidia, then in Mauretania (c.25 B.C.). Augustus gave to him in marriage Cleopatra Selene, the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. Highly learned, Juba II wrote lengthy historical and geographical works.
..... Click the link for more information. sided with Pompey, and Numidia lost (46 B.C.) all independence with Julius Caesar's victory. Juba II was favored by the Romans as a subject prince, and the region subsequently flourished for several centuries. Numidia was invaded by the Vandals in the 5th cent. A.D. and by the Arabs in the 8th cent. The main urban centers of ancient Numidia were Cirta (now Constantine Constantine (kŏn`stəntēn), ancient Cirta, city (1998 pop. 462,187), capital of Constantine dept.
..... Click the link for more information. ) and Hippo Regius (now Annaba Annaba (ăn-näb`ə), formerly Bône (bōn), city (1998 pop. 348,554), capital of Annaba prov.
..... Click the link for more information. ).
Numidia
mĭd`ēə), ancient country of NW Africa, very roughly the modern Algeria Algeria (ăljēr`ēə), Arab. Al Djazair, Fr...... Click the link for more information. . It was part of the Carthaginian empire until Masinissa Masinissa or Massinissa (both: măsĭnĭs`ə), c.238–148 B.C., king of Numidia. He succeeded (c.
..... Click the link for more information. , ruler of E Numidia, allied himself (c.206 B.C.) with Rome in the 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.
..... Click the link for more information. . After the Roman victory over Carthage led to peace in 201 B.C., Masinissa was awarded rule of all Numidia. This began Numidia's most flourishing period, culturally and politically. Numidia's encroachments on reviving Carthage furnished Rome with a pretext for the Third Punic War (149–146 B.C.). Masinissa's successor was Micipsa (148–118 B.C.), one of whose heirs, Jugurtha Jugurtha (j
gûr`thə), c.156–104 B.C...... Click the link for more information. , brought on a fatal war with Rome. Later, in the Roman civil war, King Juba I Juba II, d. c.A.D. 20, was educated in Rome and reinstated as king, probably first in Numidia, then in Mauretania (c.25 B.C.). Augustus gave to him in marriage Cleopatra Selene, the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. Highly learned, Juba II wrote lengthy historical and geographical works.
..... Click the link for more information. sided with Pompey, and Numidia lost (46 B.C.) all independence with Julius Caesar's victory. Juba II was favored by the Romans as a subject prince, and the region subsequently flourished for several centuries. Numidia was invaded by the Vandals in the 5th cent. A.D. and by the Arabs in the 8th cent. The main urban centers of ancient Numidia were Cirta (now Constantine Constantine (kŏn`stəntēn), ancient Cirta, city (1998 pop. 462,187), capital of Constantine dept.
..... Click the link for more information. ) and Hippo Regius (now Annaba Annaba (ăn-näb`ə), formerly Bône (bōn), city (1998 pop. 348,554), capital of Annaba prov.
..... Click the link for more information. ).
Numidia
Ancient country, North Africa, approximately coextensive with present-day Algeria. During the Second Punic War, the tribal chief Masinissa supported the Romans from 206 BC, and he was made king of Numidia after the Roman victory over the Carthaginians in 201 BC. After the destruction of Carthage, thousands fled to Numidia, which became a Roman province in 46 BC. Its capital was Cirta (Constantine), and the chief city was Hippo, which was the see of St. Augustine. After its conquest by the Vandals in AD 429, Roman civilization there declined rapidly; some pockets of native culture survived, however, and even continued after the Arab conquest in the 8th century.
Numidia
an ancient country of N Africa, corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria: flourished until its invasion by Vandals in 429; chief towns were Cirta and Hippo Regius
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