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Adherbal, son of Micipsa
Micipsa

Micipsa was the eldest legitimate son of Masinissa, king of Numidia....
 and grandson of Masinissa
Masinissa

Masinissa or Massinissa was the first King of Numidia, an ancient North African nation of Berber tribes, which he united, and is most famous for his role as a Roman Republic ally in the Battle of Zama....
, was a king of Numidia
Numidia

Numidia was an ancient Berber people kingdom in present-day Algeria and part of Tunisia that later alternated between being a Roman province and being a Roman client state, and is no longer in existence today....
 between 118 BC and 112 BC. He inherited the throne after the death of his father, and ruled jointly with his younger brother Hiempsal
Hiempsal I

Hiempsal I, son of Micipsa and grandson of Masinissa, was a king of Numidia in the late 2nd century BC.Micipsa, on his death?bed, left his two sons, Adherbal and Hiempsal, together with his cousin, Jugurtha, joint heirs of his kingdom....
, and Jugurtha
Jugurtha

Jugurtha or Jugurthen was a Berber Ancient Libya King of Numidia, born in Cirta. The name Jugurthen pronounced in Berber Yugur tn or Yugr tn is actually a Berber name and phrase meaning: is greater than them....
, 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.






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Adherbal, son of Micipsa
Micipsa

Micipsa was the eldest legitimate son of Masinissa, king of Numidia....
 and grandson of Masinissa
Masinissa

Masinissa or Massinissa was the first King of Numidia, an ancient North African nation of Berber tribes, which he united, and is most famous for his role as a Roman Republic ally in the Battle of Zama....
, was a king of Numidia
Numidia

Numidia was an ancient Berber people kingdom in present-day Algeria and part of Tunisia that later alternated between being a Roman province and being a Roman client state, and is no longer in existence today....
 between 118 BC and 112 BC. He inherited the throne after the death of his father, and ruled jointly with his younger brother Hiempsal
Hiempsal I

Hiempsal I, son of Micipsa and grandson of Masinissa, was a king of Numidia in the late 2nd century BC.Micipsa, on his death?bed, left his two sons, Adherbal and Hiempsal, together with his cousin, Jugurtha, joint heirs of his kingdom....
, and Jugurtha
Jugurtha

Jugurtha or Jugurthen was a Berber Ancient Libya King of Numidia, born in Cirta. The name Jugurthen pronounced in Berber Yugur tn or Yugr tn is actually a Berber name and phrase meaning: is greater than them....
, 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 in Cirta
Cirta

Cirta was the capital city of the Kingdom of Numidia in northern Africa in modern Algeria. Although Numidia was a key ally of the ancient Roman Republic during the Punic Wars, Cirta was subject to Roman invasions during the first and second centuries B.C., eventually falling under Roman domain during the rule of Julius Caesar....
, where he was treacherously killed by Jugurtha in 112 BC, although he had placed himself under the protection of the Romans.

See also

  • List of Kings of Numidia
    List of Kings of Numidia

    Numidia was an ancient Libyan kingdom located in the region of North Africa in what is now northern Algeria and parts de Tunisia and Libya . The Kingdom existed from the 3rd to 1st centuries BC....