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  Hiempsal - LoveToKnow 1911
In 81 Hiempsal was driven from his throne by the Numidians themselves, or by Hiarbas, ruler of part of the kingdom, supported by Cn.
Soon afterwards Pompey was sent to Africa by Sulla to reinstate Hiempsal, whose territory was subsequently increased by the addition of some land on the coast in accordance with a treaty concluded with L. Aurelius Cotta.
From Suetonius (Caesar, 71) it is evident that Hiempsal was alive in 62.
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 Jugurtha - LoveToKnow 1911
After his father's death he was brought up by his uncle Micipsa together with his cousins Adherbal and Hiempsal.
Hiempsal he contrived to have assassinated; Adherbal he quickly drove out of Numidia.
He then sent envoys to Rome to defend his usurpation on the ground that he was the injured party.
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 Jugurtha - LoveToKnow Watches   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
By his will, Jugurtha was associated with Adherbal and Hiempsal in the government of Numidia.
Hiempsal he contrived to have assassinated; Adherbal he quickly drove out of Numidia.
He then sent envoys to Rome to defend his usurpation on the ground that he was the injured party.
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 The Jugurthine War by Gaius Crispus Sallust
Hiempsal, the youngest, was of a headstrong disposition, and had long looked down on Jugurtha for his low descent on his mother's side.
In the midst of this, Hiempsal was found hiding in the hut of a female slave, whither at the outset he had fled in his fright and ignorance of the place.
Hiempsal, they said, had been killed by the Numidians for his own cruelty; as for Adherbal, he had made war without provocation, and, now that he was beaten, was complaining because he had failed to inflict a wrong.
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 Jugurtha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When Micipsa died in 118, he was succeeded jointly by his two sons Hiempsal and Adherbal.
Hiempsal and Jugurtha quarrelled immediately after the death of Micipsa.
Jugurtha had Hiempsal killed, which lead to open war with Adherbal.
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 HIEMPSAL - Online Information article about HIEMPSAL
Africa, Hiempsal received him with apparent friendliness, his real intention being to detain him as a prisoner.
Pompey was sent to Africa by Sulla to reinstate Hiempsal, whose territory was subsequently increased by the addition of some See also:
Caesar, 71) it is evident that Hiempsal was alive in 62.
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 Sallust'
Micipsa bad two sons, Adherbal and Hiempsal, and had brought up in his house, with the same care as his own children, a son of his brother Mastanabal, named Jugurtha, whom Masinissa, as being the son of a concubine, had left in a private station.
Hiempsal, residing in the town of Thirmida, happened to occupy the house of a man, who, being Jugurtha's chief lictor, had always been liked and favored by his master.
Hiempsal, after a time, was found concealed in the hut of a maid-servant, where, in his alarm and ignorance of the locality, he had at first taken refuge.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 450 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Micipsa, on his death­bed, left his two sons, Adherbal and Hiempsal, together with his nephew, Jugurtha, joint heirs of his kingdom.
But the unprincipled ambition of Jugurtha, and the jealousy of him long entertained by the other two, rendered it certain that this arrangement could not be of long duration ; and at the very first meeting of the three princes their animosity displayed itself in the most flagrant manner.
Hiempsal especially, as the younger of the two brothers, and of the most impetuous character, allowed his feelings to break forth, and gave mortal offence to Jugurtha.
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Jugurtha, ten or fifteen years older than either, was the favourite of the nation, his handsome, lexus is pictures martial figure and his reputation as a soldier according with the notions of a race of riders as to what a king should be.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Hiempsal II
Hiempsal II Hiempsal II was a king of Numidia, the son of Ganda, the half-brother of Jugurtha.
Soon afterwards Pompey was sent to Africa by Sulla to reinstate Hiempsal, whose territory was subsequently increased by the addition of some land on the coast in accordance with a treaty concluded with Lucius Aurelius Cotta.
When the tribune Publius Servilius Rullus introduced his agrarian law (63), these lands, which had been originally assigned to the Roman people by Scipio Africanus, were expressly exempted from sale, which roused the indignation of Cicero (De lege agraria, i.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 451 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Livy, on the contrary, ap­pears, so far as we can judge from the words of his Epitomist, to represent the death of Hiempsal as the result of open hostilities.
But though Hiempsal received at his court the refugees of the Marian party-, as already stated, he was far from determined to espoogs tkeir cause, and sought to detain them in a kind of tieiXQurable captivity, while he awaited the issue of events^ They, how­ever, made their escape, and joined the elder Marius.
The peculiar privileges there adverted to, as possessed by the lands of Hiempsal in Africa, were probably conceded to him by Pom­pey.
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 Theodor Mommsen History of Rome - The Revolution Page 54   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A rupture took place; Adherbal and Hiempsal were disposed to characterize their father's testament as surreptitious and altogether to dispute Jugurtha's right of joint inheritance, while on the other hand Jugurtha came forward as a pretender to the whole kingdom.
While the discussions as to the partition were still going on, Hiempsal was made away with by hired assassins; then a civil war arose between Adherbal and Jugurtha, in which all Numidia took part.
The most zealous champions of Adherbal's just title were with incredible rapidity convinced that Hiempsal had been put to death by his subjects on account of his cruelty, and that the originator of the war as to the succession was not Jugurtha, but Adherbal.
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 Jugurtha
They were to meet to split the treasury first each of the princes stationed himself close to the treasury waiting for the day to discuss their plans.
His friend went there during the day and told Hiempsal that he was there to check the grounds but in fact made a duplicate of the house key.
With an army of men and in a mad search and frenzy (in which most of Hiempsal’s servants were killed) Hiempsal was found hiding in a maids quarters (for he had little knowledge of the house and could not find a better place) and beheaded there on the spot.
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 The Republic
Also the passions whipped up during the brief time in office is largely seen as having led to the following period of social strife and civil war.
In 118 BC the king of Numidia, Micipsa, died, leaving the crown to his young sons Hiempsal and Adherbal jointly with a much older nephew, Jugurtha, who was an experienced soldier.
Jugurtha arranged the assassination of Hiempsal, whilst Adherbal fled for his life and appealed to the senate.
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 Numidia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Micipsa had two natural sons Hiempsal and Adherbal and is reported to have added his illegitimate nephew Jugurtha to his palace household.
Jugurtha was treated as the king's son and received a sound military training.
Later Numidia was reduced in size and power and Rome established a client king, Hiempsal, son of Gauda, on the Numidian throne.
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 Jugurtha
His son Micipsa[?] succeeded him in 148 B.C. Jugurtha, Masinissa's illegitimate grandson, was very popular among the Numidians -- so popular that Micipsa sent him away to Spain, but there Jugurtha made influential Roman contacts.
When Micipsa died in 118, the kingdom of Numidia was ruled by Micipsa's two sons Hiempsal (whom Jugurtha had assassinated) and Adherbal[?], and Jugurtha.
Then, when Jugurtha attacked Adherbal, he fled to Rome for help.
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 Jugurtha
In 118, Micipsa died and Numidia was again divided into three parts, which were to be ruled by Jugurtha and his cousins, Adherbal and Hiempsal.
Jugurtha was far more dynamic and more popular than Adherbal and Hiempsal, who were also much younger.
A civil war broke out: Jugurtha defeated Hiempsal, who was killed, and expelled Adherbal, who fled to Rome and asked support from the Senate.
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 The Gracchi Marius and Sulla eBook
This man Jugurtha bribed to procure a model of the town keys, which were taken to Hiempsal each evening.
Then his men, getting into Thirmida one night, cut off Hiempsal’s head and took it to their master.
He then proceeded to seize town after town; all the best warriors rallied to his standard, and in a pitched battle he defeated Adherbal, who fled to Rome, whither he had previously sent ambassadors imploring aid.
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 Eutropius: Abridgement of Roman History, Book 4
When Caius Caecilius Metellus and Cnaeus Carbo were consuls, the Metelli, two brothers, had triumphs on the same day, one for Sardinia, the other for Thrace; and news was brought to Rome, that the Cimbri had crossed from Gaul into Italy.
In the consulship of Publius Scipio Nasica and Lucius Calpurnius Bestia, war was made upon Jugurtha, king of Numidia, because he had murdered Adherbal and Hiempsal, the sons of Micipsa, his cousins, princes, and allies of the Roman people.
The consul Calpumius Bestia being sent against him, was corrupted by the king's money, and concluded a most ignominious treaty of peace with him, which was afterwards repudiated by the senate.
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 The Baldwin Project: The Story of the Romans by H. A. Guerber
Well, by this time, Masinissa and his sons were dead, and his kingdom was divided among his three grandsons, Jugurtha, Hiempsal, and Adherbal.
He was not satisfied to have only a share of Numidia, and began to plan how he could get hold of his cousins' lands.
He began by murdering Hiempsal, and then proceeded to besiege Adherbal in his capital.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It also allowed Jugurtha to gain prestige in the eye of Scipio Aemlianus and befriend many men who would later become Roman senators.
While Micipsa was the guardian of Jugurtha, Micipsa fathered two sons named Adherbal and Hiempsal, creating three heirs to his throne.
Within a short time, he had Hiempsal assassinated.
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 The Internet Classics Archive | Pompey by Plutarch
After that overthrow, the cities of the country thereabouts were all either secured by surrender, or taken by storm.
King Iarbas, likewise, a confederate and auxiliary of Domitius, was taken prisoner, and his kingdom was given to Hiempsal.
Pompey could not rest here, but being ambitious to follow the good fortune and use the valour of his army, entered Numidia; and marching forward many days' journey up into the country, he conquered all where-ever he came.
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 Numidia - NumisWiki, The Collaborative Numismatics Project
Hiempsal I (118-116), and Jugurtha (118-106); and his great-grandson Hiempsal II (106-60).
Hiempsal II (B.C. AR denarii, quinarii, sestertii; obv.
Free horse (sometimes in wreath); ח or חת (= H[iempsal hammamleke]t) (Müller, p.
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 Africa and Rome
Jugurtha also brought with him an enthusiastic letter of recommendation to Micipsa from the Roman commander, Scipio.
Micipsa took the hint and made Jugurtha joint heir with his two sons, Hiempsal and Adherbal.
Then he used his loyal army to defeat Adherbal in battle and seize the throne for himself.
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 Masters of Rome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Sent to Spain where he meets Gaius Marius and Publius Rutilius Rufus.
Appointed protector of Hiempsal and Adherbal, heirs to Micipsa.
117 BC After Micipsa's death, Hiempsal murdered by Jugurtha; Adherbal flees to Rome.
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 Jugurthine War
He was named joint heir with his cousins to the kingdom of Numidia.
Micipsa died soon after and Jugurtha took matters into his own hands, murdering one of his rival cousins, Hiempsal.
He then claimed the whole kingdom of Numidia and launched an attack on his other cousin, Adherbal, who immediately appealed to Rome for help.
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 Jugurtha
After the war Scipio sent Jugurtha home with a glowing letter of recommendation which encouraged Micipsa to adopted Jugurtha on his deathbed in 118 BC and make him co-heir to his younger sons.
There was not a lot of love shared between the co-heirs, with Jugurtha sensitive about the low status of his mother and the brothers -particularly the younger, Hiempsal- deeply resentful of Jugurtha and therefore the rulers could not agree on the division of power and so divided the country in three parts.
Jugurtha had the energetic Hiemsal soon assassinated in Thirmida, which he had made his capital.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
[6] tum idem Hiempsal placere sibi respondit, nam ipsum illum tribus proximis annis adoptatione in regnum peruenisse.
[3] sed Hiempsal in oppido Thirmida forte eius domo utebatur, qui proximus lictor Iugurthae carus acceptusque ei semper fuerat.
[5] qui postquam in aedis irrupere, diuersi regem quaerere, dormientis alios, alios occursantis interficere, scrutari loca abdita, clausa effringere, strepitu et tumultu omnia miscere, cum interim Hiempsal reperitur occultans se tugurio mulieris ancillae, quo initio pauidus et ignarus loci perfugerat.
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 Biographies: Jugurtha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jugurtha, however,established close relations with influential Roman senators, who probably persuaded Micipsa to adopt Jugurtha in 120 BC.
After Micipsa's death in 118 BC, Jugurtha shared the rule of Numidia with Micipsa's two sons, Hiempsal and Adherbal.
When Adherbal was attacked by Jugurtha, he fled to Rome for help.
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