Gala

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Gala was a Numidian king of the Massylii tribe in North Africa during the 3rd century BCE, known for his role in the power dynamics surrounding Carthage and Rome before and during the Second Punic War.

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Label Occurrences
Gala canonical 3

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Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Numidian king ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
activeDuring Second Punic War ⓘ
contemporaryWith Hannibal Barca ⓘ
Masinissa ⓘ
Scipio Africanus ⓘ
Syphax ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Numidia ⓘ
era Hellenistic period ⓘ
ethnicity Numidian ⓘ
linked to: Numidia
fatherOf Masinissa ⓘ
historicalRegion Maghreb ⓘ
linked to: North Africa
involvedIn Carthaginian–Numidian relations ⓘ
Roman–Numidian relations ⓘ
knownFor leadership of the Massylii Numidians ⓘ
role in power dynamics between Carthage and Rome ⓘ
languageContext Punic world ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Numidia ⓘ
opposedBy Syphax ⓘ
politicalContext Carthaginian–Roman rivalry ⓘ
linked to: Punic Wars
positionHeld King of the Massylii ⓘ
linked to: King of Numidia
predecessorStateRelation Carthage ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
region North Africa ⓘ
relatedTo Masinissa ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence eastern Numidian tribes ⓘ
successor Masinissa ⓘ
timePeriod 3rd century BCE ⓘ
tribalAffiliation Massylii ⓘ
typeOfMonarch tribal king ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Masinissa → father → Gala ⓘ
Massylii → ruler → Gala ⓘ