Numidia

Numidia^{[needs IPA]} was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up Algeria, but later expanding across what is today known as Tunisia and Libya. The polity was originally divided between the Massylii in the east and the Masaesyli in the west. During the Second Punic War (218–201 BC), Masinissa, king of the Massylii, defeated Syphax of the Masaesyli to unify Numidia into the first Berber state in present-day Algeria.[7] The kingdom began as a sovereign state and later alternated between being a Roman province and a Roman client state.

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Kingdom of Numidia
202 BC–25 BC
Numidian coins under Massinissa
Map of Numidia after the Punic wars
Capital	Cirta (today Constantine, Algeria)
Common languages	Numidian[lower-alpha 1] Punic[lower-alpha 2] Latin[lower-alpha 3] Greek[lower-alpha 4]
Government	Monarchy
King
• 202–148 BC	Masinissa
• 60–46 BC	Juba I of Numidia
• 30–25 BC	Juba II of Numidia
Historical era	Antiquity
• Established	202 BC
• Annexed by the Roman Empire	25 BC
Preceded by Succeeded by Ancient Carthage Massylii Masaesyli Numidia (Roman province) Mauretania
Today part of	Algeria Libya Tunisia

Numidia, at its largest extent, was bordered by Mauretania to the west, at the Moulouya River,[8] Africa Proconsularis to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the north, and the Sahara to the south.