Gaia (king)

Gaia (Numidian: GYY)[1][2] (died 207 BCE) was a Berber king of the Massylii,[3] an eastern Numidian tribe in North Africa.

Gaia reigned during the Second Punic War of ancient Rome. He was the father of King Masinissa,[4] and the brother of Oezalces.[5]

Greco-Roman authors give his name as "Gala", but an inscription in Dougga indicates it may have instead been "Gaia".[6]

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  2. ^ Sanctis, Gaetano De (1968). Storia dei Romani: L'età delle guerre puniche. (2 Pt.) (in Italian). "La Nuova Italia" editrice. p. 505.
  3. ^ Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 24.48
  4. ^ Livius, Titus; Freinsheim, Johann (1815-01-01). The history of Titus Livius, with the entire supplement of J. Freinsheim; tr. into Engl. p. 536.
  5. ^ Fage, J. D. (1979-02-01). The Cambridge History of Africa. Cambridge University Press. p. 180. ISBN 9780521215923.
  6. ^ Roller, Duane W (2004). The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene: Royal Scholarship on Rome's African Frontier. Routledge. p. 12. ISBN 9781134402960. Retrieved 15 September 2015.