List of kings of Numidia

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Genealogy of Numidian Kings[citation needed]

Numidia was an ancient kingdom located in the region of North Africa occupied by present-day northern Algeria and parts of Tunisia and Libya. The kingdom existed from the 3rd to the 1st century BC. The Kingdom of Numidia was established as a client kingdom by Rome following the Second Punic War. It was annexed by Rome in 46 BC and, after a brief period of restored independence, again in 25 BC.

List of kings[]

All dates are BC.

Kings of the Massylii (Eastern Numidia)[]

The last ruler of the Massylii conquered the Masaesyli and created the unified Numidian kingdom.

Kings of the Masaesyli (Western Numidia)[]

Kings of Numidia[]

The three sons of Massinissa originally shared the kingdom, dividing responsibility. Micipsa later tried the same thing with his three heirs, but the result was a civil war. The Roman Republic defeated Numidia during the Jugurthine War. Gauda thus succeeded to a reduced Numidian kingdom. He divided the kingdom geographically between his two sons, establishing two different lines of Numidian kings. They were briefly displaced by a certain Hiarbas, but Roman intervention restored them.

  • Massinissa I (202–148)
  • Micipsa (148–118), son of Massinissa
  • Gulussa (148–145), son of Massinissa
  • Mastanabal (148–14?), son of Massinissa
  • Hiempsal I (118–117), son of Micipsa
  • Adherbal (118–112), son of Micipsa
  • Jugurtha (118–105), son of Mastanabal
  • Gauda (105–88), son of Mastanabal
  • Hiarbas (??–81)

Eastern Numidia[]

This was the main Numidian kingdom after 81.

  • Hiempsal II (88–60), son of Gauda
  • Juba I (60–46), son of Hiempsal II

Annexed to Rome as Africa Nova (46–30).

Western Numidia[]

This was a much smaller chiefdom than Eastern Numidia

  • Masteabar (88–81)
  • Massinissa II (81–46)
  • Sittius (46–44), a Roman mercenary leader
  • Arabio (44–40)

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