Micipsa

On the death of Massinissain 148 BC he left his Kingdom to three of his sons Micipsa, Gulussa and Mastanabal (father of Jugurtha) and made P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus the executor of his will. After the destruction of Carthage , the most important kingdom in Africa was now Numidia and it contained a number of flourishing towns, which were centers of a considerable commerce . By 139 BC Micipsa was the sole heir of an expanded Numidian Kingdom which now included parts of the old Carthagian lands as well as the Carthagian state library. Micipsa ruled for 30 years developing Cirta into a cosmopolitan centre, attracting Greeks as well as Carthagian refugees and sponsoring a temple to his father in 139 BC in Thugga. The development of Cirta is demonstrated by the city being able to field an army of 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry.

He continued to supply horses and elephants to Rome, particularily to Roman commanders based in Spain but otherwise little is known about him. On his death in 118 BC he left his kingdom to his two sons, Adherbal and Hiempsal I and to his nephew Jugurtha.

Bust left of King of Micipsa