Numidia
Kingdom of Numidia | ||||||||||||
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Map of Numidia
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Capital | Cirta | |||||||||||
Languages | Numidian, Latin, Punic [1] | |||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | |||||||||||
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• | 202-148 BC | Masinissa | ||||||||||
• | 60-46 BC | Juba I of Numidia | ||||||||||
Historical era | Antiquity | |||||||||||
• | Established | 202 BC | ||||||||||
• | Annexed by the Roman Republic | 46 BC | ||||||||||
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Numidia (202 BC – 46 BC) was an ancient Berber kingdom. It was in modern-day Algeria and a smaller part of western Tunisia in North Africa. It was the first major state in the history of Algeria and the Berber world.
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- ↑ Jongeling. Karel; & Kerr, Robert M. (2005). Late Punic epigraphy: an introduction to the study of Neo-Punic and Latino-Punic inscriptions. Mohr Siebeck. p. 4. ISBN 3-16-148728-1.