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
War was declared on the pretext that Carthage had engaged in war with Massinissa without the sanction of Rome.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Massinissa in fight is compared to a falcon, and his foes to fowls and lesser birds.
From Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil)
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