Sophonisba
A daughter of Hasdrubal, the Carthaginian, celebrated for her beauty. She See page 248, Pudicitia. married Syphax, prince of Numidia, and when he was conquered by the Romans she became a captive to their ally, the Numidian general Masinissa, whom she married. This displeased the Romans, and Scipio ordered Masinissa to separate from Sophonisba, and she, urged to this by Masinissa, took poison, about B. C. 203.
Sospita (The Saving Goddess). A surname of Juno at Lanuvium and at Rome, in both of which places she had a temple.