Editing Syphax (section)

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| name         = Syphax
| image        = Statue of a male in the Vatican museum, SUPHAX NUMIDIAEREX.JPG
| caption      = Statue of a male in the Vatican museum, called "Syphax, King of Numidia"
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| death_place  = [[Tivoli, Rome|Tivoli]], [[Roman Republic]]
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| spouse       = [[Sophonisba]]
| issue        = [[Vermina]] <br/>Tanakwa
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| succession   = King of the Masaesyli
| reign        = {{circa|225|203{{nbsp}}BCE}}
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| successor    = [[Vermina]]
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| battles = [[Second Punic War]]
* [[Battle of the Great Plains]]
* [[Battle of Cirta]] {{POW}}
| allegiance = [[Masaesyli]]
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'''Syphax''' ({{Langx|grc|Σύφαξ}}, ''Sýphax'';<ref>{{Citation|last=Meißner|first=Burkhard (Halle/Saale)|title=Syphax|date=1 October 2006|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/syphax-e1127560#|work=Brill’s New Pauly|publisher=Brill|language=en|access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> {{Langx|xpu|𐤎𐤐𐤒}}, {{Sc|spq}})<ref>{{Cite book|last=Scullard|first=Howard Hayes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aWBoAAAAMAAJ&q=spq+syphax|title=Scipio Africanus: Soldier and Politician|date=1970|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-0549-5|pages=44|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Huß|first=Werner (Bamberg)|title=Masaesylii|date=1 October 2006|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/masaesylii-e725630|work=Brill’s New Pauly|publisher=Brill|language=en|access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Akerraz|first=Aomar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W8lyAAAAMAAJ&q=spq|title=L'Africa romana: mobilità delle persone e dei popoli, dinamiche migratorie, emigrazioni ed immigrazioni nelle province occidentali dell'Impero romano : atti del XVI Convegno di studio, Rabat, 15-19 dicembre|date=2006|publisher=Carocci|isbn=978-88-430-3990-6|pages=2572|language=fr}}</ref> was a king of the [[Masaesyli]] tribe of western [[Numidia]] (present-day [[Algeria]]) during the last quarter of the 3rd century BC. His story is told in [[Livy]]'s ''[[Ab urbe condita libri (Livy)|Ab Urbe Condita]]'' (written c. 27–25 BC).<ref name=Livy28>[https://archive.org/stream/livywithenglisht08livyuoft#page/72/mode/2up Livy: ''Ab urbe condita'', vol. VIII, bks. xxviii-xxx] Loeb Classical Edn, pp.73-99, 173-225, 405-421 at openlibrary.org</ref> He ruled over a territory extending from present day [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]] to [[Moulouya River|Moulouya]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leen |first=Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NsbKEAAAQBAJ&dq=Syphax+kingdom+moulouya&pg=PT355 |title=All Things Ancient Rome: An Encyclopedia of the Roman World [2 volumes] |date=2023-06-15 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-216-17080-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PEV9EAAAQBAJ&dq=Syphax+kingdom+moulouya&pg=PT7 |title=The Ancient African Culture: The Ancient History Of African Kingdoms |date=2022-07-25 |publisher=Evelyn Cabrera |language=en}}</ref>