Masaesylii(71 words)
[German version]
(Μασαισύλιοι; Masaisýlioi). West Numidian tribe in Mauretania Caesariensis (between the River Mulucha and Cape Bougaroun): Pol. 3,33,15; Liv. 28,17,5; Str. 17,3,9; Plin. HN 5,19; 52; 21,77. For its localization in Mauretania Tingitana: Plin. HN 5,17; Ptol. 4,2,17. Among the kings of the M. were Syphax (Punic Spq), Vermina (Punic Wrmnd) and Arcobarzanes.
Libyes, Libye
Huß, Werner (Bamberg)
Bibliography
J. Desanges, Catalogue des tribus africaines ... , 1962, 62.
Cite this page
Huß, Werner (Bamberg),
“Masaesylii”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 27 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e725630>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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