Masinissa
A king of a small part of Africa, who at first assisted the Carthaginians in their 176 IÓOO CLASSICAL CHARACTERS wars against Rome, but who subsequently became an ally of the Romans. After his defeat of Syphax he married Sophonisba, the wife of Syphax, which gave offense to the Roman general, Scipio, on which Masinissa induced Sophonisba to end her life by poison.
In the battle of Zama, Masinissa greatly contributed to the defeat of Hannibal. died in his ninety-seventh year, 149 years before the Christian era. He Massilia or Massalia (Marseilles). A Greek city in Gallia Narbonensis, on the coast of the Mediterranean, in the country of the Salyes, founded by the Phocaeans of Asia Minor about B. C. 600.
Matrona (Marne). A river in Gaul, falling into the Sequana, a little south of Paris.
Matuta or Mater Matuta. The goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Leucothea.