NUMIDIA

noomĭdˈēə, ancient country of NW Africa, very roughly the modern Algeria. It was part of the Carthaginian empire until Masinissa, ruler of E Numidia, allied himself (c.206 b.c.) with Rome in the Punic Wars. After the Roman victory over Carthage led to peace in 201 b.c., Masinissa was awarded rule of all Numidia. This began Numidia's most flourishing period, culturally and politically. Numidia's encroachments on reviving Carthage furnished Rome with a pretext for the Third Punic War (149–146 b.c.). Masinissa's successor was Micipsa (148–118 b.c.), one of whose heirs, Jugurtha, brought on a fatal war with Rome. Later, in the Roman civil war, King Juba I sided with Pompey, and Numidia lost (46 b.c.) all independence with Julius Caesar's victory. Juba II was favored by the Romans as a subject prince, and the region subsequently flourished for several centuries. Numidia was invaded by the Vandals in the 5th cent. a.d. and by the Arabs in the 8th cent. The main urban centers of ancient Numidia were Cirta (now Constantine) and Hippo Regius (now Annaba).

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books on: Numidia  - 696 results

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Christian Persecution, Martyrdom, and Orthodoxy
Book by Michael Whitby, Joseph Streeter, G. E.M. de Ste. Croix; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: Church History--Primitive And Early Church, Ca. 30-600, Martyrdom--Christianity, Persecution
...never have enforced the Fourth Edict in Numidia at all, since he had ceased to be governor...of the northern part of the province, Numidia Cirtensis, well before the end of 303...longer governor of the southern part of Numidia, the part referred to in inscriptions...
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Letters - Vol. I
Book by Robert B. Eno, Saint Augustine; Catholic University of America Press, 1989
Subjects: Augustine--Saint, Bishop Of Hippo--Correspondence, Christian Saints--Algeria--Hippo (Extinct City)--Correspondence
...how he used a salutary severity. In our own area of Numidia, Numidia Proconsularis, 8 I do not know why the encyclical...this be corrected. It must also reach the primate of Numidia from whom it is sent to the brethren belonging to the...
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Tripolitania
Book by D. J. Mattingly; B. T. Batsford, 1995
Subjects: Tripolitania--Antiquities, Tripolitania--History
...provinces of Byzacena, Tripolitana, Numidia and Mauretania ), for instance, had...rarely more than a year or two. Likewise Numidia (reunited as a single province based...men of slightly lesser note than went to Numidia. By way of contrast, Tripolitana remained...
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Rome in Africa
Book by Susan Raven; Routledge, 1993
Subjects: Africa, North--History--To 647, Romans--Africa, North
...Masinissa was left the ruler of the whole of Numidia, which included much of the region that...defence. Of this fact, Masinissa of Numidia took full advantage. When Carthage protested...king of the Massyli ended it as king of Numidia a territory. The Punic example had inspired...
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The Roman World
Book by Victor Chapot; Biblo-Tannen
Subjects: Rome--History
...chapter. Next, towards the west, came Numidia , whose western frontier was coincident...westward -- so that Cuicul Djemila was in Numidia and Sitifis Setif in Mauretania -- skirted...In practice Africa was separated from Numidia under Caligula; till then there had been...
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The Collapse of a Collegial Church: North African Christianity on the Eve of Islam
Journal article by Maureen A. Tilley; Theological Studies, Vol. 62, 2001
Subjects: Christianity--Northern Africa, Civilization, Christian--History, Northern Africa--Religion
...Carthage 71 bishops from Africa Proconsularis Numidia 256 (Fall) Council of Carthage 87 bishops...the two new provinces, Proconsularia and Numidia, each had its own primate. In the newer province, Numidia, primacy was tied to term in office and...
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Juba's Roman Soul: Addison's Cato and Enlightenment Cosmopolitanism
Journal article by Laura J. Rosenthal; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 32, 1999
Subjects: Addison, Joseph--Authorship, Cato (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English drama--18th century, Interracial dating--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...laments Syphaxs perfidy as a reflection on Numidia, but Cato insists that no such relationship...to Jubas ambivalent identification with Numidia might be the ambivalence of Catos son...suggestion that Cato retreat from Utica to Numidia, where Juba could both protect his homeland...
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Johann Schöner's Globe of 1515: Transcription and Study
Journal article by Chet Van Duzer; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 100, 2010
Subjects: Acquisitions & mergers, Cartography, Libraries, Maps
...Luculentissima; Waldseemuller depicts the river but does not give this branch a name; from Ptolemy 4.2, where it is the Savus.113 Numidia nova. Does not appear in Waldseemullers 1507 map; from Ptolemy 4.3. Cinnaba m. Briefly mentioned in the Luculentissima...
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"As Though We Were Kin": Faulkner's Black-Italian Chiasmus
Journal article by Thomas Argiro; MELUS, Vol. 28, 2003
Subjects: Faulkner, William--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...as far as the Punic Wars, and possibly much earlier, to the time of Magna Grecia and its social intercourse with Egypt and Numidia (Freeman 65-68). Faulkner is not wrong, by any means, to suggest that at least some Italians share a common racial heritage...
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Deconstructing the Classical Age: Africa and the Unity of the Mediterranean World
Journal article by Maghan Keita; The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 79, 1994
Subjects: African literature--History, Classical literature--Social aspects, Racism--Analysis
...Africa, including the Carthaginians, it should also be noted that those linkages were underscored by Masinissa, king of Numidia, in his attempt to claim for himself a Libyan genealogy. Picard, Life, 280. 39 Picard, Daily Life, 82-83. 40 Picard...
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Roman Africa - the Economic and Political Fault Lines That Separated Carthage and Numidia Are the Ones That Separate Tunisia and Algeria-And the Romans Drew Them
Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 287, June 2001
Subjects: Ancient history--Influence, Economic development--Influence, Geography, Historical--Analysis, Historical geography--Analysis, History, Ancient--Influence, Politics--Influence
...Fault Lines That Separated Carthage and Numidia Are the Ones That Separate Tunisia and...less like Southern Europe. In antiquity Numidia lay beyond the demarcation ditch, an...southern Tunisia, and western Libya. Beyond Numidia there was little except scattered settlements...
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Roman Africa: The Economic and Political Fault Lines That Separated Carthage and Numidia Are the Ones That Separate Tunisia and Algeria - and the Romans Drew Them
Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 287, June 2001
Subjects: Tunisia--Political aspects
...Fault Lines That Separated Carthage and Numidia Are the Ones That Separate Tunisia and...less like Southern Europe. In antiquity Numidia lay beyond the demarcation ditch, an...southern Tunisia, and western Libya. Beyond Numidia there was little except scattered settlements...
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Africans in Britain 2000 Years Ago
Magazine article by Marika Sherwood; New African, October 2010
Subjects: Africans--International aspects, Africans--Social aspects, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD--Analysis, Slavery--History
...tombstones for T. Flavius Inenguus of Numidia, a soldier from Legio III; and C. Aelius...governors aide from Legio IV Victrix. (Numidia, incorporating part of todays Algeria...back to his home in Gadiaufala, also in Numidia. Returning home "was a most unusual...
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Maghreb Mirror: Berberism
Magazine article by Aicha Lemsine; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XIII, February 28, 1995
Subjects: Algeria, Culture, History, International relations, Minority & ethnic groups, Politics
...the Classical period and the Kingdom of Numidia, which extended from Carthage in present...Massinissa allied himself with Rome and Numidia became a Roman protectorate. The Numidians...Juba I and Juba II, the Romans colonized Numidia, or Barbary, displacing a vast number...
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Tunisia: "a Country That Works"
Magazine article by Richard H. Curtiss; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XV, December 1996
Subjects: Ancient civilizations, History, Tunisia
...wars of Rome and its successors, Tunisia itself generally was under the sway of powers outside the region. King Jugurtha of Numidia, a grandson of Masinissa, revolted against Roman rule while civil war was raging in Rome, but he was defeated when his ally...
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An Augustine Biography That Stoops to Gags, Cuteness
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 26, 2005
Subjects: O'Donnell, James J.
...spiritual: from small-town boyhood in Numidia in North Africa to brilliant and worldly...port city of Hippo Regius in his native Numidia in 397 to spend the rest of his life there...Donatists outside of Augustines rural Numidia). Mr. ODonnell implies that this portrait...
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POST PUZZLER: 50 for Fun; Phil Brown's Trivia Quiz
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), November 2, 2006
...as an element by Humphry Davy 30 Which modern countrys territory corresponds roughly with that of the ancient territory of Numidia? 31 Which player scored twice on Tuesday as Liverpool secured progress from their Champions League group? 32 The slang word...
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Andersonville Eatery Serves Crepes with Algerian Accent
Newspaper article by Leah A. Zeldes; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 11, 2007
Subjects: Restaurants, Restaurants--Restaurant reviews
...Historically a gateway between Africa and Europe, the land now called Algeria has had many names, among them Mauritania, Numidia and, originally, Icosium. For more than a century, ending in 1962, the country was under French control, and some influences...
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THE GREAT JOB SCRAMBLE; 1,000 People Queue for an Hour at Coventry Job Fair as Recession Bites
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), February 13, 2009
...Coventry City Council, National Express, ASC Connections and the Army - offering at least 100 jobs. Other stands included Numidia Education and Training, Fusion Contact Centre, Working Links, Coventry University Business School, Connexions, Henley...
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If Free-Range Chicken Sells out, Cry Guinea Fowl; Deserving to Be More Popular: The Taste of Guinea Fowl Is Usually Described as Being Somewhere between Chicken and Pheasant
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 5, 2008
Subjects: Chicken (Meat)
...different like aguinea fowl. There are four or five different species but the most common isnumidiameleagris. The name relates to Numidia, North Africa and Meleager, aprince of Macedon. As is the way with Greek mythology, the prince had themisfortune to murder...
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encyclopedia articles on: Numidia  - 14 results

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Numidia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NUMIDIA noomid e , ancient country of NW Africa...Carthaginian empire until Masinissa , ruler of E Numidia, allied himself (c.206 b.c.) with...c., Masinissa was awarded rule of all Numidia. This began Numidias most flourishing...
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Juba I , King of Numidia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JUBA I , king of Numidia joo b , c.85 b.c. 46 b.c., king of Numidia in N Africa. He joined Pompeys party and in 49 b...in Rome and reinstated as king, probably first in Numidia, then in Mauretania (c.25 b.c.). Augustus...
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Algeria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Algiers. Coastal Algeria was known as Numidia and was usually divided into two kingdoms...influenced by Carthage. The kingdoms of Numidia were united by King Masinissa (c.238...c., after defeating King Jugurtha of Numidia, it held coastal Algeria. The Romans...
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Mauretania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the land of the Moors" and lay W of Numidia, but more specifically it usually included...the 2d cent. b.c. when Jugurtha of Numidia was rebelling against Rome, Jugurthas...see under Juba I ) to the throne of Numidia, placed him instead (25 b.c.) as...
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Jugurtha
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...joogur th , c.156 104 b.c., king of Numidia, a grandson of Masinissa . On the death...ousted the other two heirs and united Numidia under his rule. In the process, however...were murdered, leading Rome to invade Numidia; peace was reestablished in 111 b.c...
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