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Adherbal ( xpu, 𐤀𐤃𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋, ), son of
Micipsa and grandson of
Masinissa
Masinissa ( nxm, , ''MSNSN''; ''c.'' 238 BC – 148 BC), also spelled Massinissa, Massena and Massan, was an ancient Numidian king best known for leading a federation of Massylii Berber tribes during the Second Punic War (218–201 BC), ult ...
, was a king of
Numidia
Numidia ( Berber: ''Inumiden''; 202–40 BC) was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians located in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up modern-day Algeria, but later expanding across what is today known as Tunis ...
between 118 and 112 BC. He inherited the throne after the death of his father, and ruled jointly with his younger brother
Hiempsal, and
Jugurtha, the nephew of Masinissa. After the murder of his brother by Jugurtha, Adherbal fled to Rome and was restored to his share of the kingdom by the Romans in 117 BC, with Jugurtha ruling his brother's former share. But Adherbal was again stripped of his dominions by Jugurtha and
besieged
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* the state of being under siege
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in
Cirta
Cirta, also known by various other names in antiquity, was the ancient Berber and Roman settlement which later became Constantine, Algeria.
Cirta was the capital city of the Berber kingdom of Numidia; its strategically important port city ...
, where he was killed by Jugurtha in 112 BC, although he had placed himself under the protection of the Romans.
Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus, or Diodorus of Sicily ( grc-gre, Διόδωρος ; 1st century BC), was an ancient Greek historian. He is known for writing the monumental universal history '' Bibliotheca historica'', in forty books, fifteen of which ...
, ''Bibliotheca historica
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'' 34-35.31François Joseph Lagrange-Chancel
François Joseph Lagrange-Chancel (January 1, 1677 – December 26, 1758) was a French playwright and satirist.
Biography
He was an extremely precocious boy, and at Bordeaux, where he was educated, he produced a play when he was nine years old ...
's 1694 French play ''
Adherbal, King of Numidia'', is based on his story.
See also
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Other Adherbals in Carthaginian history
*
List of Kings of Numidia
References
Citations
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112 BC deaths
2nd-century BC rulers in Africa
2nd-century BC Berber people
Kings of Numidia
Year of birth missing
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