Mastanabal. The Athletic Prince Numidian.
Algeria in its history has always been a great land of sport and particularly athletics. The ancient period considered Numidia, as a people of Hellenic customs and customs, and its people participated in the Pan-Athenian games. These games, similar to the games of Olympia, were reserved for Greek peoples and Hellenized peoples and took place in Athens. The Numidian prince, Mastanabal (son of Massinissa and father of Jugurtha), was crowned Olympic champion of one of these games, in the discipline of chariot racing, 4 gold medals. He was decorated with the gold medal by the Greek King Nicomedes himself.
A stele erected by King Micomedes found in the Greek city of Delos mentions this exploit and provides a list of the winners of these games, including Mastanabal, son of Massinissa.
Massinissa, was famous in all the countries of the Mediterranean and the island of Delos, in Greece, erected three statues to him.
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