Micipsa (c. ? - c. 118 BC) was the eldest legitimate son of Masinissa, the King of Numidia, in the Ancient Algerian, Maghreb, North Africa. He became the King of Numidia. ==Early life== In 151 BC Masinissa sent Micipsa and his brother Gulussa to Carthage to demand that exiled pro-Numidian politicians be allowed to return, but they were refused ent...
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(from the article `North Africa`) On Masinissa`s death in 148, his kingdom was divided among his three sons, possibly on the insistence of the Romans, who did not, however, prevent it ... Jugurtha was the illegitimate grandson of Masinissa (d. 148), under whom Numidia had become a Roman ally, and the nephew of Masinissa`s successor, ......
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(148-118 BC) King of Numidia, North Africa, eldest son and successor of Masinissa. Micipsa was allegedly suspicious of Jugurtha, his nephew, and sent him 134 BC to Spain to serve under the Roman general
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Micipsa was king of Numidia in ancient Africa. He succeeded his father Masinissa, and reigned from 1480 to 118 BC. He was on good terms with the Romans, whom he assisted with auxiliary troops both against Viriathus in Spain in 142 BC and against Numantia in 133 BC.
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