Syphax

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 24 §48 Syphax was a king of the Numidians

  King of the Numidian Masaesyli who turned against Carthage and made friendship with the Scipios; trained in infantry war by the centurion Statorius, but later crushed by Gala and the young Masinissa.

• The History of Rome, Book 27 §4 Syphax

  King of the Masaesylian Numidians in western Africa; here he seeks Roman friendship.

• The History of Rome, Book 28 §17 Syphax

  Syphax, king of the Masaesulian Numidians, whose alliance Scipio crosses to Africa to seek.

• The History of Rome, Book 29 §4 Syphax

  King of the Masaesylian Numidians in western Africa; won over to Carthage by marriage with Hasdrubal's daughter.

• The History of Rome, Book 30 §3 Syphax

  Syphax, king of the Masaesylian Numidians, won to Carthage by marriage with Sophoniba; defeated and captured.

• The History of Rome, Book 31 §9 Syphax

  Syphax, the defeated Numidian king, part of whose realm had been added to Masinissa's.

• The History of Rome, Book 37 §19 Syphax

  The Numidian king whom Masinissa, with Roman help, dispossessed.

• The History of Rome, Book 38 §35 Syphax

  King of the Numidian Masaesyli, allied with Carthage, captured by Scipio Africanus and led in his triumph.

• The History of Rome, Book 40 §17 Syphax

  The Numidian king who had driven out Masinissa's father Gala and given the disputed land to Carthage.

• The History of Rome, Book 45 §7 King Syphax

  King of the Numidian Masaesyli, captured in the Second Punic War—Livy's comparison for a captive king led to Rome.