Vermina

Vermina

Vermina

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Vermina (Punic: 𐤅𐤓𐤌𐤍𐤃, WRMND)[1][2][3] was the son of king Syphax and king of Masaesylian Berbers,[4] a Berber tribe of western Numidia, an ancient Berber kingdom in North Africa.

A coin of Vermina, on the left Vermina facind right, Phoenician letter M, on the right a galloping horse and the Phoenician WRMND HMMLKT, "Vermina the king"

During the Second Punic War, Vermina sided with the Carthaginians, however his forces only arrived to assist Hannibal after his defeat at the Battle of Zama, leading to Vermina's army to be defeated by the Romans.[5] While Vermina escaped this battle, it forced sued for peace with the Romans in 200 BC.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Huß, Werner (Bamberg) (2006-10-01), "Masaesylii", Brill’s New Pauly, Brill, retrieved 2022-01-20
  2. [2]
    Ancient society. Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven. 1991. p. 16.
  3. [3]
    Huss, Werner (1985). Geschichte der Karthager (in German). C.H.Beck. p. 577. ISBN 978-3-406-30654-9.
  4. [4]
    Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. J.M. Dent. 1899-01-01. p. 237.
  5. [5]
    "A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Vermina". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
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