person
Sophoniba
Carthaginian noblewoman, daughter of Hasdrubal Gisgo; wife of Syphax, then of Masinissa, who poisons herself rather than be led in a Roman triumph.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 30 §12 Sophoniba
Sophoniba, daughter of Hasdrubal son of Gisgo, wife of Syphax then of Masinissa; she takes poison to escape Rome.