Archobarzane
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Archobarzane, grand-son of Syphax
and probably the son of Vermina
, ruled the kingdom of Masaesyli
ans after the death of Vermina
.
Archobarzane does not appear to have remained faithful to the alliance of the Romans. In 157 BC, when Marcus Cato arrived in Africa with other commissioners to settle territorial disputes between Carthage and Massinissa, he learned that Archobarzane had encamped with an army on the Carthaginian border. When Marcus Cato returned to Rome, he did not fail to build on this to demonstrate the need to immediately open hostilities against Carthage. But Massinissa did not wait for Rome's help to disperse the army of his enemy, and it is very likely that on this occasion he annexed Masaesyli
ans to his kingdom of Massyles States. Appian
says, in fact, that Massinissa so enlarged the influence of his father, that he commanded the whole country extending from Cyrenaica
to Mauritania
close to the ocean. From that time, there is no question of the heirs of Syphax
, nor of his kingdom, and we do not talk more than that of Masinissa. At his death, in 148 BC, the division of his states was made according to his will, by Scipio Aemilianus, to his three sons Micipsa
, and Gulussa and Manastabal.
Syphax
Syphax was a king of the ancient Algerian tribe Masaesyli of western Numidia during the last quarter of the 3rd century BC. His story is told in Livy's Ab Urbe Condita .-Biography:...
and probably the son of Vermina
Vermina
Vermina was the son of Syphax, king of Masaesylians, the people of western Numidia. He is mentioned for the first time, 204 BC, as successor to his father at the war against Massinissa, king of Massyles....
, ruled the kingdom of Masaesyli
Masaesyli
The Masaesyli were a North African tribe of western Numidia and the main antagonists of the Massylii in eastern Numidia.During the Second Punic War the Masaesyli initially supported the Roman Republic and were led by Syphax against the Massyllii, who were led by Massinissa...
ans after the death of Vermina
Vermina
Vermina was the son of Syphax, king of Masaesylians, the people of western Numidia. He is mentioned for the first time, 204 BC, as successor to his father at the war against Massinissa, king of Massyles....
.
Archobarzane does not appear to have remained faithful to the alliance of the Romans. In 157 BC, when Marcus Cato arrived in Africa with other commissioners to settle territorial disputes between Carthage and Massinissa, he learned that Archobarzane had encamped with an army on the Carthaginian border. When Marcus Cato returned to Rome, he did not fail to build on this to demonstrate the need to immediately open hostilities against Carthage. But Massinissa did not wait for Rome's help to disperse the army of his enemy, and it is very likely that on this occasion he annexed Masaesyli
Masaesyli
The Masaesyli were a North African tribe of western Numidia and the main antagonists of the Massylii in eastern Numidia.During the Second Punic War the Masaesyli initially supported the Roman Republic and were led by Syphax against the Massyllii, who were led by Massinissa...
ans to his kingdom of Massyles States. Appian
Appian
Appian of Alexandria was a Roman historian of Greek ethnicity who flourished during the reigns of Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius.He was born ca. 95 in Alexandria. He tells us that, after having filled the chief offices in the province of Egypt, he went to Rome ca. 120, where he practised as...
says, in fact, that Massinissa so enlarged the influence of his father, that he commanded the whole country extending from Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica is the eastern coastal region of Libya.Also known as Pentapolis in antiquity, it was part of the Creta et Cyrenaica province during the Roman period, later divided in Libia Pentapolis and Libia Sicca...
to Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
close to the ocean. From that time, there is no question of the heirs of Syphax
Syphax
Syphax was a king of the ancient Algerian tribe Masaesyli of western Numidia during the last quarter of the 3rd century BC. His story is told in Livy's Ab Urbe Condita .-Biography:...
, nor of his kingdom, and we do not talk more than that of Masinissa. At his death, in 148 BC, the division of his states was made according to his will, by Scipio Aemilianus, to his three sons Micipsa
Micipsa
Micipsa was the eldest legitimate son of Masinissa, the King of Numidia, in the Ancient Algerian Maghreb of North Africa. He became the King of Numidia.-Early life:...
, and Gulussa and Manastabal.