Aug 4, 2023 · At the battles of Cannae and Zama (216 and 202 BC) The Numidian cavalry fended off better armed and armored cavalry forces, as well as, in the case of Cannae, a numerically superior force. In both cases, the result of the battle was a victory for whoever the Numidians happened to be fighting for.

Dec 19, 2022 · Adn I guess that many of the Phoenician setters intermarried with the locals, and that many of the locals grandually assimilated to Carthaginian culture over the centuries.

Nov 21, 2024 · The Wm Smith "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology" says: The personal influence of Scipio for a time (206BC) obtained the ascendancy, and Syphax was induced to enter into friendly relations with Rome,...he appears to have been shortly after gained over by Hasdrubal to the opposite cause.

Oct 30, 2015 · Well, the Numidians were African. Their ancestors had been living in North Africa for thousands of years before anyone started writing about them. It shouldn't be too surprising then if the name Jugurtha sounds like it might be derived from an African language.

Dec 27, 2022 · The Amazigh or Imazighen, to use the ethnonym, as Berber is from Greek and related to barbarian which some, but not all, do not like, are considered to be the indigenous people of the region in that they are descended from …

Aug 1, 2023 · …Battle of the Muthul River (109 BC) (appointed one of the officers under Metellus, at the battle of Muthul he led 2,000 men to relieve Metellus, whose formation was hard pressed by the Numidians, thereby preventing the Roman line from collapsing, saving Metellus, and reorganizing the line to break the Numidians, and then attacking their other formations in the …

Dec 19, 2022 · 1.7 meters is 5.577 or 5 feet 6.9 feet inches and 1.6 meters is about 5.25 feet or five feet 3 inches. I remember once looking at my school yearbook photos and in one photo the smallest boy in the class is standing next to me and is a little over 0.9 as tall as me, and thus about 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 5 inches - in the same range as Canary island women and men.

Feb 25, 2025 · The light troops were not just mounted javlinemen like those of numidians but of mounted archers from the steppes, lancers, and Balkan tribes. A quick Google search shows they used meta headed javlines. The heavier ones are not only better organised in their tactical formation like the companions with their long lances but better armoured that ...

Jan 19, 2023 · ~88 BC Numidia was divided into an Eastern and a Western kingdom. The Eastern kingdom was annexed by Rome in 46BC as the province of Africa Nova (King Juba had supported the losing side in the civil war).

Jan 16, 2019 · It seems the one with the poor understanding is you. Defeating Numidians isn't same as defeating steep nomads with horse archers and cataphracts. Alexander's infantry was flexible enough to ascend a broken terrain and still outflank the enemy unlike the later macedonian army. Alexander definitely used more light infantry than Hannibal.