Hiempsal

Family: Numidian · Role: king · First appears: Julius Caesar 71

Life events

Julius Caesar defended Masintha’s cause against Hiempsal.(Julius Caesar 71)
- With: Julius Caesar Masintha
- “He defended the cause of a noble youth, Masintha, against king Hiempsal, so strenuously”
Masintha was declared tributary to Hiempsal.(Julius Caesar 71)
- With: Masintha
- “upon Masintha’s being declared tributary to Hiempsal”

enemies with Masintha (The text places Masintha and Hiempsal on opposing sides in a violent dispute.) “He defended the cause of a noble youth, Masintha, against king Hiempsal, so strenuously, that in a scuffle which took place upon the occasion, he seized by the beard the son of king Juba; and upon Masintha’s being declared tributary to Hiempsal, while the friends of the adverse party were violently carrying him off, he immediately rescued him by force, kept him concealed in his house a long time, and when, at the expiration of his praetorship, he went to Spain, he took him away in his litter, in the midst of his lictors bearing the fasces, and others who had come to attend and take leave of him.”
with Masintha (Masintha was made tributary to Hiempsal.) “upon Masintha’s being declared tributary to Hiempsal”
enemies with Julius Caesar (Caesar actively opposed Hiempsal in a violent dispute.) “He defended the cause of a noble youth, Masintha, against king Hiempsal, so strenuously, that in a scuffle which took place upon the occasion”

Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.