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was fourteen years old, Carthage was destroyed by the Romans. Shortly afterwards
Galussa died and later still Mastanabal, leaving Micipsa control of the entire kingdom. During Micipsa's reign Numidian cultural and commercial progress was aided when thousands of Carthaginians fled to Numidia following
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to his palace household. Jugurtha was treated as the king's son and received a sound military training. Micipsa continued to be a loyal ally to Rome, providing military assistance when asked. In 142 BC the Roman commander
Quintus Fabius Maximus Servilianus wrote to Micipsa asking for a division of
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to demand that exiled pro-Numidian politicians be allowed to return, but they were refused entry at the city gates. As the royal party turned to depart, Hamilcar the
Samnite and a group of his supporters attacked Micipsa's convoy, killing some of his attendants. This incident led to a retaliatory
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After the fall of
Numantia, Jugurtha returned home with a letter from Scipio addressed to his uncle. In it, the commander praised Jugurtha's exploits and congratulated Micipsa for having "a kinsman worthy of yourself, and of his grandfather Masinissa". On this recommendation the king formally
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during its war on
Carthage. Though Micipsa wavered somewhat in his support for Rome, "always promising arms and money ... but always delaying and waiting to see what would happen". In 146 BC, when Mastanabal's illegitimate son
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In 118 BC, Micipsa died and, following the king's wish, Numidia was divided into three parts which were ruled by
Adherbal, Hiempsal and Jugurtha.
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In the spring of 148 BC Masinissa died and the tripartite division of the kingdom among the elderly king's three sons, Micipsa, Gulussa, and
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the Roman destruction of
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adopted
Jugurtha and made him co-heir with his own children.
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The sons continued their father's policy and his support of
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in Spain, sending
Jugurtha to command the Numidian units.
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148 - 118 BC (With Gulassa and Mastanabal 148 - 145 BC)
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to help in Rome's struggle against the Lusitanian rebel
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dedicated to "Mikiwsan (= Micipsa), king of the Massyli"
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601:Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
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144:Iberomaurusian Culture
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768:High Council of State
548:(19th–20th centuries)
509:Emirate of Beni Abbas
496:(16th–19th centuries)
200:Archeology of Algeria
1094:Encyclopédie berbère
318:Early African Church
299:Prefecture of Africa
283:Kingdom of the Aurès
988:Micipsa inscription
526:Barbary Slave Trade
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538:Second Barbary War
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996:Mastanabal
957:Early life
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238:Punic Wars
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36:of Micipsa
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1147:Sallust,
1049:Viriathus
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1053:Numantia
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