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Syphax
Syphax was king of the Masaesyli of western Numidia in the late 3rd century BCE, ruling from Siga and later Cirta. Courted by both Rome and Carthage in the Second Punic War, he sided with Carthage after marrying Sophonisba. Roman and Massylian forces defeated and captured him in 203 BCE, and he died in Roman captivity.
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