Syphax

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Numidian king historical figure monarch

Syphax was a Numidian king who played a major role in the Second Punic War, notably opposing Rome alongside Carthage before ultimately being defeated and captured.

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Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Numidian king ⓘ historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ
activeInPeriod	Second Punic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
alliance	Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	western Numidia NERFINISHED ⓘ
capturedBy	Scipio Africanus NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanded	Numidian cavalry ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
countryRuled	Masaesylian kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathCause	likely illness in captivity (traditional account) ⓘ
defeatedBy	Masinissa NERFINISHED ⓘ Scipio Africanus NERFINISHED ⓘ
diedIn	Roman captivity ⓘ
diedInPlace	Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
enteredAllianceWith	Hasdrubal Gisco NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity	Numidian ⓘ
floruit	3rd century BC ⓘ
foughtAgainst	Scipio Africanus NERFINISHED ⓘ
foughtIn	Battle of Cirta NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
initialForeignPolicy	pro-Roman ⓘ
languageContext	Punic and Numidian cultural sphere ⓘ
laterForeignPolicy	pro-Carthaginian ⓘ
marriageAllianceWith	Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	involvement in North African theater of the Second Punic War ⓘ shifting alliances between Rome and Carthage ⓘ
opposed	Masinissa NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalMotivation	control of Numidia ⓘ
positionHeld	king of the Masaesyli NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Hasdrubal Gisco NERFINISHED ⓘ
rival	Masinissa NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInConflict	major participant in the Second Punic War ⓘ
sourceMention	Livy NERFINISHED ⓘ Polybius NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Sophonisba NERFINISHED ⓘ
surrenderedTo	Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
takenAs	prisoner of war ⓘ
takenTo	Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Carthage as ally against Rome ⓘ Rome as counterweight to Carthage (earlier in war) ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Great Plains → commander → Syphax ⓘ

Battle of the Great Plains → opponentOf → Syphax ⓘ

Masaesyli → ruler → Syphax ⓘ

Masaesyli → notableRuler → Syphax ⓘ

Addison’s play "Cato" → containsCharacter → Syphax ⓘ

subject surface form: Cato (play)