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Chosen by C. Marius as his quaestor he distinguished himself in the Numidian War.
The heavy infantry legionnaires were supported by lighter-armed auxiliaries, such as Numidian light infantry, Cretan archers, et al.
For nearly 50 years Masinissa retained the support of Rome as he tried to turn the Numidian pastoralists into peasant farmers.
In 150 he was sent by Lucullus to Africa to obtain some elephants from the Numidian king Masinissa, the friend of his grandfather Africanus.
His Numidian cavalry were essential in Scipio's victory at Zama, which ended the Second Punic War and Carthage's power.
Numidian units may never be placed, or used, in Numidia, regardless of what Carthage controls.
By sending his Numidian cavalry to harass the Roman camp on the right bank of the river Trebbia, he provoked the Roman commander Sempronius Longus into crossing to his side.
That speed and mobility could be a major plus was demonstrated by the effectiveness of Masanissa's and Maharbal's magnificent Numidian light cavalry.
The Romans under Scipio Africanus and Numidians under Masinissa burned the camp of the rival Numidian chief Syphax near Utica and then overwhelmed Syphax and his Carthaginian allies at the Battle of Bagrades in 203 bce.
For the Punic Wars scenarios, Carthage will be considered to lie within the Ditch Boundary, although, at various times, she will hold Numidian towns.
Underfoot is a rich brown marble from the shores of Lake Champlain. The wainscoting is of green rep and red Numidian marble.
In 112 Scaurus headed an embassy to the Numidian king Jugurtha.
For example, the Punic state began to field Berber Numidian cavalry under their commanders on a regular basis.
He sent 500 Numidian cavalry down the eastern bank of the river to acquire better information concerning the forces massed to oppose him.
Hannibal's Numidian cavalry carried on working on the road, taking three more days to fix it sufficiently to allow the elephants to cross.
Ethiopian kings were kissed on the foot and numidian kings were considered too supreme to be kissed at all.
Examples from Classical Literature
A Numidian slave, dwarfish and deformed, was sweeping his master's chamber.
Were one to stroll down Broadway with a Numidian lion at his heels the effect would be somewhat similar to that which I should have produced had I entered Zodanga with Woola.
The numidian king was then thrown into a dungeon, and there starved to death.
The fiercest was driven by a numidian who was crowned with a diadem of plumes.
To this man the numidian auxiliaries were assigned by Epicydes and Hanno.
He will give you my new white numidian, that I keep with him.
Put your head in the mouth of a numidian lion, to see if he will bite.
Then came a few vexilla of numidian troopers at a slow pace.
Scipio freed the boy, and thus won the favor of the numidian king.
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