Numidia

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ancient kingdom former Roman province historical region

Numidia was an ancient Berber kingdom in North Africa that became a significant power and later a Roman client and province.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient kingdom → former Roman province → historical region →
allyOf	Rome →
annexedBy	Rome →
borders	Africa Proconsularis → Gaetulia → Mauretania → Sahara Desert →
capital	Cirta →
clientOf	Roman Republic →
conqueredBy	Roman Republic →
continent	Africa →
culture	Berber culture → Punic culture → Roman culture influence →
economyBasedOn	agriculture → horse breeding →
ethnicComposition	Berbers →
formedAfter	Second Punic War →
governmentType	monarchy →
involvedInConflict	Jugurthine War → Roman civil wars → Second Punic War →
knownFor	Numidian cavalry →
language	Berber languages → Punic language →
locatedIn	North Africa →
militarySpecialty	light cavalry →
modernTerritoryIncludes	Algeria → Tunisia →
notableRuler	Juba I → Juba II → Jugurtha → Masinissa →
partOf	Roman Empire →
predecessor	Masaesyli → Massylii →
religion	Berber religion → Punic religion → Roman religion →
romanProvinceCreated	46 BC →
significantCity	Cirta → Hippo Regius →
successor	Africa Nova → Roman province of Numidia →
timePeriod	1st century BC → 3rd century BC →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Africa Proconsularis → Mauretania (ancient kingdom) →	borderedBy
Hippo Regius → Thagaste ("Roman Numidia") →	locatedIn
Berbers →	associatedWith
Augustine of Hippo →	birthPlace
Gaius Marius ("Jugurtha") →	capturedWithHelp
Second Punic War →	hasAlly
Mausoleum of Ateban ("ancient Numidia") →	heritageContext
Chaoui →	historicalRegion
Hippo Regius ("Roman Numidia") →	partOf
Hippo Regius →	provinceDuringRomanPeriod
Numidia ("Roman province of Numidia") →	successor
Dougga ("Numidian period") →	timePeriod
Hippo Regius ("Numidia (at certain periods)") →	wasCapitalOf
Annaba →	wasImportantCityIn