Masinissa

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 24 §49 Gala had a son, Masinissa

  Son of Gala, a youth of seventeen of great promise, who led his father's army to a crushing victory over Syphax and would become Rome's great Numidian ally.

• The History of Rome, Book 25 §34 Masinissa

  Numidian prince, here an ally of Carthage whose cavalry helps destroy Publius Scipio; later Rome's great African ally.

• The History of Rome, Book 27 §5 Masinissa

  Prince of the Massylian Numidians, then in Carthaginian service; later Rome's great ally.

• The History of Rome, Book 28 §13 Masinissa

  Masinissa, the young Numidian cavalry leader who, after fighting for Carthage, secretly pledges himself to Rome — the beginning of a lifelong loyalty.

• The History of Rome, Book 29 §4 Masinissa

  The Numidian prince, dispossessed of his kingdom, who allies with Rome and becomes Scipio's decisive helper.

• The History of Rome, Book 30 §4 Masinissa

  Masinissa, the dispossessed Numidian (Maesulian) prince, now Scipio's decisive ally; restored to his kingdom.

• The History of Rome, Book 31 §9 Masinissa

  Masinissa, king of the Numidians and Rome's ally, congratulated and asked for cavalry against Philip.

• The History of Rome, Book 32 §31 King Masinissa

  Numidian king and Roman ally who sent cavalry, elephants, and grain.

• The History of Rome, Book 33 §48 Masinissa

  King of the Numidians, Rome's ally against Carthage, named as a pretext for the embassy.

• The History of Rome, Book 34 §49 Masinissa

  King of the Numidians, Rome's ally, whose encroachments the Carthaginians came to protest.

• The History of Rome, Book 36 §3 King Masinissa

  King of the Numidians and a staunch Roman ally, who pledged grain, cavalry, and elephants.

• The History of Rome, Book 37 §19 Masinissa

  King of the Numidians, raised to greatness by Scipio Africanus, cited as proof of Roman good faith to kings.

• The History of Rome, Book 40 §17 Masinissa

  King of the Numidians and Roman ally; his land-dispute with Carthage is referred to the Senate, which upholds his peace.

• The History of Rome, Book 41 §32 Masinissa

  The Numidian king and Roman ally, from whom the envoys learned what had passed at Carthage.

• The History of Rome, Book 42 §25 Masinissa

  King of the Numidians in North Africa, a longtime Roman ally who repeatedly encroached on Carthaginian territory.

• The History of Rome, Book 43 §5 Masinissa

  The aged king of Numidia, Rome's ally, who furnished grain, cavalry, and elephants for the Macedonian war.

• The History of Rome, Book 45 §15 King Masinissa

  The aged king of Numidia, Rome's faithful ally, who had supplied the Macedonian war.

• The History of Rome, Fragments §3 Masinissa

  The aged king of Numidia, Rome's ally, whose pressure on Carthage helped provoke the third Punic war.