Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Pax Romana, Romano-British culture, Foederati, Masinissa, Berber kings of Roman-era Tunisia, Indo-Roman trade and relations, Romano-Chinese relations, Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Indo-Roman relations, Rise of Rome, Roman commerce, Interpretatio graeca, Colonies in antiquity, Seres, Daqin, Domain of Soissons, Latin League, Roman-Persian relations, Gan Ying, Fetial, Periplus Ponti Euxini, Ptolemy's world map, Donations of Alexandria, Micipsa, Domain of Moor. Excerpt: During the Second Punic War (218-201) Rome entered into alliance with Masinissa, son of a Berber king. Masinissa had been driven out of his ancestral realm by a Carthage-backed Berber rival. At the defeat of Carthage Masinissa (r.202-148), a "friend of the Roman people," became King of Numidia for fifty years. For seven generations his line of kings continued its relationship with an increasingly powerful Roman state. During this era, the Berbers ruled over many cities as well as extensive lands; the peoples under their governance enjoyed a general prosperity. Municipal and civic affairs were organized using a combination of Punic and Berber political traditions. One descendant king, a grandson of Masinissa, Jugurtha (r.118-105), successfully attacked his cousin kings, who were also allies of Rome; thus he became Rome's enemy during a long struggle. In the Roman civil wars after the fall of the Roman Republic (44 BC), Berber kings were courted for their military support by the contending political factions. Thereafter, Berber kings continued to reign, but had become merely clients of Imperial Rome. One such Berber king married the daughter of Cleopatra of Egypt. Yet he and his son, the last two Berber kings (reigns: 25 BC-40 AD), were not accepted by many of their own Berber subjects. During this period, Roman settlers increasingly were taking for the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Foreign Relations of Ancient Rome: Pax Romana, Romano-British Culture, Foederati, Masinissa, Berber Kings of Roman-Era Tunisia. To get started finding Foreign Relations of Ancient Rome: Pax Romana, Romano-British Culture, Foederati, Masinissa, Berber Kings of Roman-Era Tunisia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Foreign Relations of Ancient Rome: Pax Romana, Romano-British Culture, Foederati, Masinissa, Berber Kings of Roman-Era Tunisia
Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Pax Romana, Romano-British culture, Foederati, Masinissa, Berber kings of Roman-era Tunisia, Indo-Roman trade and relations, Romano-Chinese relations, Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Indo-Roman relations, Rise of Rome, Roman commerce, Interpretatio graeca, Colonies in antiquity, Seres, Daqin, Domain of Soissons, Latin League, Roman-Persian relations, Gan Ying, Fetial, Periplus Ponti Euxini, Ptolemy's world map, Donations of Alexandria, Micipsa, Domain of Moor. Excerpt: During the Second Punic War (218-201) Rome entered into alliance with Masinissa, son of a Berber king. Masinissa had been driven out of his ancestral realm by a Carthage-backed Berber rival. At the defeat of Carthage Masinissa (r.202-148), a "friend of the Roman people," became King of Numidia for fifty years. For seven generations his line of kings continued its relationship with an increasingly powerful Roman state. During this era, the Berbers ruled over many cities as well as extensive lands; the peoples under their governance enjoyed a general prosperity. Municipal and civic affairs were organized using a combination of Punic and Berber political traditions. One descendant king, a grandson of Masinissa, Jugurtha (r.118-105), successfully attacked his cousin kings, who were also allies of Rome; thus he became Rome's enemy during a long struggle. In the Roman civil wars after the fall of the Roman Republic (44 BC), Berber kings were courted for their military support by the contending political factions. Thereafter, Berber kings continued to reign, but had become merely clients of Imperial Rome. One such Berber king married the daughter of Cleopatra of Egypt. Yet he and his son, the last two Berber kings (reigns: 25 BC-40 AD), were not accepted by many of their own Berber subjects. During this period, Roman settlers increasingly were taking for the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Foreign Relations of Ancient Rome: Pax Romana, Romano-British Culture, Foederati, Masinissa, Berber Kings of Roman-Era Tunisia. To get started finding Foreign Relations of Ancient Rome: Pax Romana, Romano-British Culture, Foederati, Masinissa, Berber Kings of Roman-Era Tunisia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.