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Juba I
Numidia (c. 60–46 BC)Numidia
📖Their story
Last great king of an independent Numidia, Juba I sided with Pompey against Caesar in Rome's civil war. After defeat at Thapsus, he chose death rather than capture, closing a chapter of North African royalty.
⭐Why they matter
His defeat marked the end of Numidian sovereignty and the absorption of much of Algeria into Rome's African province.
💡Did you know?
His son, Juba II, would later be raised in Rome and become a famous scholar-king of Mauretania.
Related era
🏺Numidia