- a variation of Masinissa.
Massinissa
Britishnoun
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Or of the Roman Republic, during the Third Punic War, that it was acting under the orders of Massinissa, king of Numidia?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Massinissa Benlakehal contributed reporting from Tunis, and Asmaa al-Oman from Beirut.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
Massinissa Benlakehal in Tunis contributed to this report.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2021
St. Augustin mentions a plague of this kind in Africa, which destroyed no less than 800,000 men in the kingdom of Massinissa alone, and many more upon the territories bordering upon the sea.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
After the death of Massinissa, king of Numidia, the ally of the Romans, there were disputes among his grandsons, and Jugurtha, whom they held to have the least right, obtained the kingdom.
From Young Folks' History of Rome by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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