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Numidia

noun

An ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) in North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria.

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... have nevertheless been soon dissolved by the renewal of war; as in the olden time, after the legions had been made to pass under the yoke at the Caudine Forks, in Samnium; and also when an infamous peace was contemplated by Albinus in Numidia; and when Mancinus, the author of a peace which was concluded in disgraceful haste, was surrendered ...

— The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus • Ammianus Marcellinus

Words linked to "Numidia" : realm, North Africa, kingdom