Numidia
Numidia (202 BC – 46 BC) was an ancient Berber kingdom. It was in modern-day Algeria and a smaller part of western Tunisia in North Africa. It was the first major state in the history of Algeria and the Berber world.
Kingdom of Numidia | |||||||||||
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| 202 BC–46 BC | |||||||||||
 Map of Numidia | |||||||||||
| Capital | Cirta | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Numidian, Latin, Punic [1] | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||
• 202-148 BC | Masinissa | ||||||||||
• 60-46 BC | Juba I of Numidia | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||||||
• | 202 BC | ||||||||||
• | 46 BC | ||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Algeria Tunisia | ||||||||||
Numidia Media
Numidia (in blue) at its largest extent after capturing Syphax in Tingitania and vassalizing Bokkar. Surrounding Carthage (yellow), neighboring Ptolemaic Egypt (deep purple) and the Roman Republic (red)
Cherchell Neopunic inscriptions (141)
Northern Africa under Roman rule: Africa (purple), Numidia (blue), Mauretania (green)
Roman marble bust of Juba I from Cherchell, Algeria. Louvre Museum
Masinissa (c. 240-148 BC), first king of Numidia
Stele of the Libou Knight
Rhodean Greek amphora that dates to circa 180 B.C. in Cirta Museum
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Sources
- ↑ Jongeling. Karel; & Kerr, Robert M. (2005). Late Punic epigraphy: an introduction to the study of Neo-Punic and Latino-Punic inscriptions. Mohr Siebeck. p. 4. ISBN 3-16-148728-1.
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