s. INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT CURRENCY FIND B9 t5 NUMIDIA - KINGDOM OF NUMIDIA - MASSINISSA or MICIPSA (203-148 BC) The Numidians were nomads. Their chief, Massinissa makes his appearance in the history at the time of the second war PUNIQUe. He betrayed the Carthaginians and became an ally of the Romans and Scipio. Great winner in Africa after the battle of Zama in 202 BC, he carved out a kingdom in North Africa at the gates of Carthage. He spent the next fifty years consolidating his kingdom and challenging Carthage using the Romans. He died at the beginning of the third war PUNIQUe (149-146 BC). His eldest son, Micipsa succeeded him with his two brothers and reigned for thirty years. INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT CURRENCY FIND B9 t5 NUMIDIA - KINGDOM OF NUMIDIA - MASSINISSA or MICIPSA (203-148 BC) The Numidians were nomads. Their chief, Massinissa makes his appearance in the history at the time of the second war PUNIQUe. He betrayed the Carthaginians and became an ally of the Romans and Scipio. Great winner in Africa after the battle of Zama in 202 BC, he carved out a kingdom in North Africa at the gates of Carthage. He spent the next fifty years consolidating his kingdom and challenging Carthage using the Romans. He died at the beginning of the third war PUNIQUe (149-146 BC). His eldest son, Micipsa succeeded him with his two brothers and reigned for thirty years. INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT CURRENCY FIND B9 t5