Gaia (king)
| Gaia | |
|---|---|
| Agellid | |
Possibly a coin of the Numidian king Gaia | |
| King of the Massylli | |
| Reign | 260–207BC |
| Predecessor | Zelalsan II[1] |
| Successor | Oezalces[2] |
| Born | 3rd century BC Macomades, Eastern Numidia (present-day Ain Fakroun, Algeria)[3] |
| Died | 207 BC Hippo Regius, Eastern Numidia[4] |
| Spousse | Berber Prophetess[5] |
| Issue | |
| House | Massylii |
| Dynasty | Massyllian |
| Father | Zelalsan II[7] |
| Military career | |
| Conflicts | |
Gaia (Numidian: GYY)[8][9] was a Berber king of the Massylii, an eastern Numidian realm in North Africa. He was the father of King Masinissa,[10] and the brother of Oezalces and Naravas.[11][12] Greco-Roman authors give his name as "Gala", but an inscription in Dougga indicates it may have instead been "Gaia".[13]
See also
Notes
- ^ Fage, J. D.; Oliver, Roland Anthony (1975). The Cambridge History of Africa. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-21592-3.
- ^ Eckstein, Arthur M. (2023-04-28). Senate and General: Individual Decision Making and Roman Foreign Relations, 264-194 B.C. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-33534-9.
- ^ Boutammina, Nas E. (2020-11-05). On the Trail of the Berbers (in French). BoD. ISBN 978-2-322-25652-5.
- ^ Yahiaoui, Med Kamel (2019-06-25). Berbers and Arabs, the Controversial History: The Forgotten History of Glorious Ancestors and the Identity Controversy (in French). BoD. ISBN 978-2-322-03979-1.
- ^ Augoustakis, Antony (2010-07-22). Motherhood and the Other: Fashioning Female Power in Flavian Epic. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-161497-2.
- ^ Walker, Ernest L. (2003). Master of Horse. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1-55395-404-0.
- ^ Banhakeia, Hassan (2016). History of North African Thought (in French). L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-343-08248-6.
- ^ Huß, Werner (Bamberg) (2006-10-01), "Massylii", Brill's New Pauly, Brill, retrieved 2022-01-20
- ^ Sanctis, Gaetano De (1968). Storia dei Romani: L'età delle guerre puniche. (2 Pt.) (in Italian). "La Nuova Italia" editrice. p. 505.
- ^ Livius, Titus; Freinsheim, Johann (1815-01-01). The history of Titus Livius, with the entire supplement of J. Freinsheim; tr. into Engl. p. 536.
- ^ Fage, J. D. (1979-02-01). The Cambridge History of Africa. Cambridge University Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-521-21592-3.
- ^ Hoyos, B. Dexter; Hoyos, Dexter (2005). Hannibal's Dynasty: Power and Politics in the Western Mediterranean, 247-183 BC. Psychology Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-415-35958-0.
- ^ Roller, Duane W (2004). The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene: Royal Scholarship on Rome's African Frontier. Routledge. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-134-40296-0. Retrieved 15 September 2015.