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Hiempsal I, 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....
 in the late 2nd century BC.

Micipsa, on his death­bed, left his two sons, Adherbal
Adherbal

Adherbal, son of Micipsa and grandson of Masinissa, was a king of Numidia between 118 BC and 112 BC. He inherited the throne after the death of his father, and ruled jointly with his younger brother Hiempsal I, and Jugurtha, the nephew of Masinissa....
 and Hiempsal, together with his cousin, 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....
, joint heirs of his kingdom. But the unprincipled ambition of Jugurtha, and the jealousy of him long entertained by the other two, rendered it certain that this arrangement could not be of long duration; and at the very first meeting of the three princes their animosity displayed itself in the most flagrant manner.






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Hiempsal I, 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....
 in the late 2nd century BC.

Micipsa, on his death­bed, left his two sons, Adherbal
Adherbal

Adherbal, son of Micipsa and grandson of Masinissa, was a king of Numidia between 118 BC and 112 BC. He inherited the throne after the death of his father, and ruled jointly with his younger brother Hiempsal I, and Jugurtha, the nephew of Masinissa....
 and Hiempsal, together with his cousin, 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....
, joint heirs of his kingdom. But the unprincipled ambition of Jugurtha, and the jealousy of him long entertained by the other two, rendered it certain that this arrangement could not be of long duration; and at the very first meeting of the three princes their animosity displayed itself in the most flagrant manner. Hiempsal especially, as the younger of the two brothers, and of the most impetuous character, allowed his feelings to break forth, and gave mortal offence to Jugurtha. After this inter­view, it being agreed to divide the kingdom of Numidia, as well as the treasures of the late king, between the three princes, they took up their quarters in different towns in the neighborhood of 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....
; but Hiempsal having imprudently esta­blished himself at Thirmida, in a house belonging to a dependent of Jugurtha, the latter took advan­tage of this circumstance to introduce a body of armed men into the house during the night, who put to death the unhappy prince, together with many of his followers. Such is Sallust
Sallust

For the philosopher, see Sallustius; for other uses, see Sallust .Gaius Sallustius Crispus, generally known simply as Sallust, , a Roman Republic historian, belonged to a well-known plebeian family, and was born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines....
's narrative.

Livy
Livy

Titus Livius , known as Livy in English language, was a Ancient Rome historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome, Ab Urbe Condita, from its founding through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own time....
, on the other hand, ap­pears, so far as we can judge from the words of his Epitomist
Epitome

An epitome is a summary or miniature form; an instance that represents a larger reality, also used as a synonym for embodiment.Many documents from the Ancient Greek and Ancient Rome worlds survive now only "in epitome," referring to the practice of some later authors who wrote distilled versions of larger works now lost....
, to represent the death of Hiempsal as the result of open hostilities. Orosius
Orosius

Paulus Orosius was a Christianity historian, theology and disciple of Augustine of Hippo who came from Gallaecia , probably from the capital city Bracara Augusta....
, who probably followed Livy, says only Hiempsalem occidit.