Capussa

Capussa
Rare coin of Capussa
King of the Massylli
Reign206 BC
PredecessorOezalces
SuccessorLacumazes
FatherOezalces

Capussa was a king of the ancient Numidian tribe Massylii in 206 BC.[1] He was the son of Oezalces who had succeeded his brother, Gala, on the Massylian throne.[2]

Biography

Oezalces had normally inherited the power since he was the oldest prince. When he died, a few months after his arrival, his eldest son, Capussa, was proclaimed king without Masinissa, son of Gala, attempting to assert his rights since in the order of succession, he was just after his cousin Capussa.

The reign of Capussa was short-lived. A hostile party was formed by Mazaetullus, a Numidian chief related to the royal lineage but having no rights to the throne. Mazaetullus had married the widow of Oezalces, a Carthaginian, which earned him the support of at least a part of the Punic aristocracy concerned perhaps from this time to remove Masinissa from power, although he has until then faithfully served the interests of Carthage fighting under Hasdrubal's orders in Spain.

Capussa was defeated and killed in a coup d'état by Mazaetullus. He proclaimed as a King, Lacumazes, the youngest son of Oezalces, then set himself as a regent.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Fage, J. D.; Oliver, Roland Anthony (1975). The Cambridge History of Africa. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-21592-3.
  2. ^ Eckstein, Arthur M. (2023-04-28). Senate and General: Individual Decision Making and Roman Foreign Relations, 264-194 B.C. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-33534-9.
  3. ^ Camps, Gabriel (1993). "Capussa". Encyclopédie berbère. Vol. 12 | Capsa – Cheval. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud. p. 1770.
  4. ^ Fage, J. D.; Oliver, Roland Anthony (1975). The Cambridge History of Africa. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. p. 180. ISBN 9780521215923.
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