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Juba I

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Juba I (died 46 BC)

King of Numidia, North Africa (now eastern Algeria), an ally of the Roman soldier and politician Pompey and his faithful lieutenant Marcus Petreius, whom Juba supported against Julius Caesar. He committed suicide after Caesar's victory at the Battle of Thapsus (in modern Tunisia) 46 BC.



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