Numidia was an ancient Berber kingdom located in the region of North Africa that today comprises Algeria and parts of today Tunisia, Libya and Morocco. The kingdom existed from the 3rd to the 1st century BC. Numidia was originally composed of two large kingdoms: the Massyles in the east and the Masaesyles in the west, until it was unified into a single kingdom by Masinissa the king of Massylii. Rome established it as a client kingdom after the Second Punic War and annexed it, first in 46 BC and again in 25 BC after a brief period of restored independence under King Juba II (30 BC–25 BC).
After this, the kingdom became the Numidian kingdom of Mauretania, being ruled by Juba II as a client king. The royal line definitely ended in 40 AD after Juba II's son, Ptolemy was murdered by his cousin,...
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Buste de Massinissa Ier
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Pièce très rare de Capussa, roi des Massyles
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Arbre généalogique des Numides
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. The world of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene : royal schola...
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Hiarbas
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Numidian coat of arm
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Possibly a coin of the Numidian king Gaia, father of Massinissa