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Oezalces

d. c. 206 BCE · 3rd century BCE

Oezalces was king of the Massylii in Numidia around 207–206 BCE. The brother of King Gaia, he succeeded him under the Numidian custom by which the eldest male of the royal family inherited, but died soon afterwards. His sons Capussa and Lacumazes followed him amid civil war, which ended when his nephew Masinissa took the throne.

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Massylii

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