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Roman Africa
APPENDIX III
CHRONOLOGY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN NORTH
AFRICA DURING THE ROMAN OCCUPATION, AND,
SUBSEQUENTLY, TILL THE INVASION OF THE
COUNTRY BY ARABS.
Battle of Zama and defeat of Hannibal by P. Cornelius Scipio
Africanus ........... B.C. 202
Extraordinary career of Masinissa, the greatest of Numidian kings,
commencing B.C. 212, and terminating.....B.C. 148
Commencement of the third Punic War and the siege of Carthage . B.C. 149
Destruction of Carthage by the Romans under P. Cornelius Scipio
^Emilianus ........... B.C. 146
Caius Gracchus sent from Italy 6,000 persons to colonise North
Africa and to found the city of Junonia on the site of Punic
Carthage ....... . . . . . . . B.C. 122
Rise of Jugurtha, grandson of Masinissa, his seizure of the kingdom
of Numidia, and commencement of the Jugurthine War . . B.C. 111
Defeat of Jugurtha by C. Marius and close of the war . . . B.C. 106
Death of Jugurtha and subsequent division of the kingdom of
Numidia ...... . . . . . . . B.C. 104
Kingdom of Cyrene bequeathed to the Romans by Ptolemy Apion B.C. 97
Export of Numidian marbles to Rome first recorded . . . B.C. 78
Rivalries of Julius Caesar and Pompey brought into the field Juba I.,
King of Numidia and great-grandson of Masinissa, who em-
braced the cause of Pompey in Africa, about .... B.C. 50
Julius Caesar landed in Africa to subdue the Pompeian faction
and fought a decisive battle at Thapsus, when the armies of
Metellus Scipio, Cato, and Juba were defeated .... B.C. 46
North Africa from the borders of Egypt to the Atlantic Ocean
became subject to the will of Rome ...... B.C. 46
Sallust, the historian, appointed Roman governor of Numidia . B.C. 45
Juba II., son of Juba I., made subservient King of Mauritania by
the order of Augustus ......... B.C. 25
Commencement of the rebuilding of Carthage by the order of
Augustus, who sent out 3,000 colonists to assist the natives
in their work .......... B.C. 19
Rise of Tacfarinas, the Numidian, who wages destructive war
against the Romans, which continues for seven years. . . A.D. 17
Roman Africa
APPENDIX III
CHRONOLOGY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN NORTH
AFRICA DURING THE ROMAN OCCUPATION, AND,
SUBSEQUENTLY, TILL THE INVASION OF THE
COUNTRY BY ARABS.
Battle of Zama and defeat of Hannibal by P. Cornelius Scipio
Africanus ........... B.C. 202
Extraordinary career of Masinissa, the greatest of Numidian kings,
commencing B.C. 212, and terminating.....B.C. 148
Commencement of the third Punic War and the siege of Carthage . B.C. 149
Destruction of Carthage by the Romans under P. Cornelius Scipio
^Emilianus ........... B.C. 146
Caius Gracchus sent from Italy 6,000 persons to colonise North
Africa and to found the city of Junonia on the site of Punic
Carthage ....... . . . . . . . B.C. 122
Rise of Jugurtha, grandson of Masinissa, his seizure of the kingdom
of Numidia, and commencement of the Jugurthine War . . B.C. 111
Defeat of Jugurtha by C. Marius and close of the war . . . B.C. 106
Death of Jugurtha and subsequent division of the kingdom of
Numidia ...... . . . . . . . B.C. 104
Kingdom of Cyrene bequeathed to the Romans by Ptolemy Apion B.C. 97
Export of Numidian marbles to Rome first recorded . . . B.C. 78
Rivalries of Julius Caesar and Pompey brought into the field Juba I.,
King of Numidia and great-grandson of Masinissa, who em-
braced the cause of Pompey in Africa, about .... B.C. 50
Julius Caesar landed in Africa to subdue the Pompeian faction
and fought a decisive battle at Thapsus, when the armies of
Metellus Scipio, Cato, and Juba were defeated .... B.C. 46
North Africa from the borders of Egypt to the Atlantic Ocean
became subject to the will of Rome ...... B.C. 46
Sallust, the historian, appointed Roman governor of Numidia . B.C. 45
Juba II., son of Juba I., made subservient King of Mauritania by
the order of Augustus ......... B.C. 25
Commencement of the rebuilding of Carthage by the order of
Augustus, who sent out 3,000 colonists to assist the natives
in their work .......... B.C. 19
Rise of Tacfarinas, the Numidian, who wages destructive war
against the Romans, which continues for seven years. . . A.D. 17