List of kings of Numidia
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.
- (344–274)[1]
- Gala (275–207)[2]
- (207–206)
- Capussa (206–206)[3]
- Lacumazes (206–206)
- Masinissa (206–202?)[4]
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).
- Juba II (29–25), son of Juba I
Western Numidia[]
This was a much smaller chiefdom than Eastern Numidia
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