Sophoniba
(-c203 BC)
Other names: Sophonisba[U74]
Biographical
Persuaded her husband to support Carthage in the Second Punic War.[U74]
Betrothed to King Massinissa I of Numidia before marrying Syphax[K7A]
When her husband's kingdom fell, she allegedly killed herself by
taking poison sent to her by Massinissa to avoid Roman capture.[D96]
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