Kingdom of Macicilia (green)
The Kingdom of Massisilia, the Kingdom of the Massisils, the Kingdom of the Mazasils, or Western Numidia, one of the Numidian kingdoms in western Algeria. Western Numidia extends from the Moulouya Valley, i.e. the legal and real border between Algeria and Morocco before the French occupation, to the north of Constantine in Algeria.
The Massisils lived in the western side of the Kingdom of Numidia, and they were a tribe that was distinguished by their alliance with Carthage and their cooperation against Rome.
As for the establishment of the “Mazacilian Kingdom”. Before it became a state, it was a tribe that lived in a region later known as Tsarist Mauritania, and it disappeared as a result of wars that broke out with the “Al-Jadala tribes.” They crawled east as a result of this pressure until they settled in a large area located between the borders of the Moulouya Valley to the west and the Ambassaga River to the east. Julian also mentions that the “Mazacilian tribe,” which formed the mother cell for the unity of peoples, emerged from the West, and Pliny and Ptolemy of Geography mention the names of tribes from the Mazasselians in Caesarian Mauritania during the Roman era, and Jazal refers to them, saying that they were the remnants of the victorious tribes that marched from the West.
Sources referred to the word Mazasil for the first time around 220 BC. They were also mentioned by Polybus, who says that he found knights from the “Mazacils” among Hannibal’s army.
One of its most important characters is Syphax
Syphax or Sfax is a Numidian king who rejected Roman settlement and Latin urbanization in every inch of Numidia. But Rome overthrew the Kingdom of Syphax. King Syphax, or Siphax, or Sivagas, or Sefaq, according to Ibn Khaldun, is considered one of the first kings who worked to unify the population of Numidia, along with King Masinissa, King Baga, and King Ramanda.
King Syphax lived in the third century BC. Almazesolah and belongs to a family that was native to the Western Numidia. He became its king, and made Sega his capital, or what is now called Ain Temouchent in Algeria.
There is another kingdom that meets it in the east called Massilia, to which Masinissa belongs It is separated from the first by the current Chlef River, and its territorial borders extend to Cartagena in Tunisia.
Syphax entered into fierce wars with the king of Masinissa, which ended with the victory of Masinissa. He was killed in 203 BC.
The army is divided into units:
Permanent_Army:
It has the Royal Guard and garrisons in various locations. He was distributed into units under the command of officers who trained him. He was armed with defensive and offensive weapons. He used siege tools, and in battles on the plains he used elephants. This army included infantry and cavalry. What is noted in this regard is the high percentage of cavalry in this army. And the essential role that these knights played.
Among the infantry we find light divisions armed not only with spears but also with arrows and slingshots.
Reserve_units:
You are conscripted when the war breaks out and discharged as soon as it ends
Mercenaries:
It is understood from some texts that the Numidian kings used mercenaries from the Liquorians, Thracians, Gauls, and Spaniards. Only Sallustius spoke of Liquorians and Thracians in Jugurtha's army. Caesar spoke of Gallic and Spanish knights in Yuba's first army.
Navy:
Interest in the navy began, especially since the reign of King Masinissa, as we find texts talking about this monarch’s fleet roaming the Mediterranean Sea. In addition to the role of this fleet in trade. He had to pay piracy
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