Masinissa

American  

[mas-uh-nis-uh] / ˌmæs əˈnɪs ə /

Or Massinissa

noun

1. 238–149 b.c., king of Numidia c210–149.

---

Masinissa British  

/ ˌmæsɪˈnɪsə /

noun

1. ?238–?149 _bc , king of Numidia (?210–149), who fought as an ally of Rome against Carthage in the Second Punic War

---

Example Sentences

Sophonisba was taken prisoner by Masinissa who had been formerly her lover.

From Project Gutenberg

Hasdrubal resolved to make a grand effort, and assembled an army, which including some Iberians, under his brother Mago, as well as some Numidians, headed by Masinissa, their king, numbered 75,000 men, and six-and-thirty elephants.

From Project Gutenberg

This too interesting individual had also won the admiration of Masinissa, another king of another part of Numidia, when her father, irrespective of any attachment she might have formed, gave her hand to Syphax, by way of attaching the latter to his interests.

From Project Gutenberg

Masinissa, in a fit of jealousy, went over to Rome, leaving Syphax and Hasdrubal to fight it out with Scipio.

From Project Gutenberg

Poor Syphax did all he could against a very superior force, but he was ultimately taken prisoner, and sent to Scipio, while Sophonisba remained at home to receive Masinissa—like a woman of spirit—at the gates of her husband's palace.

From Project Gutenberg