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performed valuable service for them in Iberia and Italy. In 206 BC, a Massylian prince called Masinissa defected to the Romans. When the Romans and Massyli...

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...

(Berber: ⵣⵉⵍⴰⵍⵙⵏ – Zellalsen), born around 290 BC, was a Berber king of the Massylian dynasty. Although there were a number of rulers before him, Zelalsan II...

late 3rd century BCE amid a period of succession struggles, inciting the Massylian civil war in 206 BCE, and organized a revolt against the ruling family...

in Carthaginian armies. A notable example is Zelalsan, ancestor of the Massylian royal dynasty around 250 BC, who bore the Phoenician title sufet, suggesting...

Iles or Ilas (Berber: ⵜⵉⴳⵣⵉⵔⵉⵏ | tigzirin) is the first king of the Massylian dynasty and its legendary founder as well as the third legendary king of...

of Gauda, who had divided Numidia between his sons in 88 BC. He was of Massylian origin. The etymology of the name Arabio is unknown, but it is undoubtedly...

who would later write a new chapter in the history of the Berbers. In Massylian custom, the king gives his name to the period during which he holds office...

century BCE, occasionally referred to as a king, descending from the Massylian royal dynasty of Eastern Numidia. He played a pivotal role in the Mercenary...

He was the son of Oezalces who had succeeded his brother, Gala, on the Massylian throne. Oezalces had normally inherited the power since he was the oldest...

leading across the mountains of Numidia. Oezalces descended from the Massylian Numidian royal lineage; he was the son of King Zilalsan II and the younger...

his troops. He then attacked the rival tribe of eastern Numidians, the Massylians, ruled by King Gala, who at that time were allied to the Carthaginians...

him with a real army, unless this was a good pretext on the part of the Massylian to test the Carthaginians' resistance to a policy of military intervention...

Cirta, was also located within this region. Born around 238 BCE into the Massylian tribe, Massinissa played a crucial role in unifying Numidia, including...

goods . As the power dynamics shifted during the Second Punic War, the Massylian Numidians under Massinissa eventually gained the advantage. Thala rose...