Gala (King of the Massylii)

Gala or Gaia (Amazigh ⴳⴰⵢⴰ; died 207 BCE) was an Ancient Libyan king of the Massylii,[1] an eastern Numidian tribe in the Ancient Algerian Maghreb of North Africa.

Gala reigned during the Second Punic War of ancient Rome. He was the father of King Masinissa, and the brother of Oezalces.

Greco-Roman authors give his name as "Gala", but an inscription in Dougga indicates it may have instead been "Gaia".[2]

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  1. ↑ Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 24.48
  2. ↑ 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.


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