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218 BCE

THE MUSEUM

STILL.

218 BCE

Massinissa's fragmented royal diadem on velvet with a coin of Massinissa, beneath a dim portrait of the king

I — THE KING

MASSINISSA

ROYAL DIADEM (FRAGMENT) · RECONSTRUCTED FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL, NUMISMATIC, AND ICONOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE

Relief map of the Mediterranean world in 218 BCE — Rome, Carthage, Numidia, Iberia, Egypt

II — THE WORLD

THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD

218 BCE

Numidian inscription display — Libyco-Berber script stele from the Cirta region

III — NUMIDIA

THE INSCRIPTION

LIBYCO-BERBER SCRIPT · CIRTA REGION · 2ND CENTURY BCE

Portrait of Gaia, King of the Massylii, in gilded frame with museum plaque

III — NUMIDIA

GAIA

KING OF THE MASSYLII · BROWNBLOODS RECONSTRUCTION

III — NUMIDIA

THE CAVALRY

THE HORSE WAS THE WEAPON

III — NUMIDIA

THE RIDER'S KIT

JAVELIN · HORSE CONTROL · c. 218 BCE

CAVALRY SPEAR

JAVELIN OF THE MASSYLII

HORSE CONTROL

NECK REIN · RIDING STICK · RECONSTRUCTION

III — NUMIDIA

THE KINGS OF NUMIDIA

RIVAL COURTS · c. 218 BCE

SYPHAX

KING OF THE MASSELYA · c. 218 BCE

A KING IN MARBLE

BROWNBLOODS RECONSTRUCTION

Imedghassen — the Numidian royal mausoleum, tomb goods and burial display

III — NUMIDIA

IMEDGHASSEN

NUMIDIAN ROYAL MAUSOLEUM · STILL STANDING

IV — CARTHAGE

CARTHAGE

THE METROPOLIS

Royal purple tapestry embroidered with a golden elephant, hung on a black marble wall

IV — CARTHAGE

THE ELEPHANT

CARTHAGINIAN SYMBOL · BROWNBLOODS RECONSTRUCTION · c. 218 BCE

The gods of the city — Baal Hammon and Tanit, Carthaginian temple exhibition

IV — CARTHAGE

THE GODS OF THE CITY

BAAL HAMMON & TANIT · c. 218 BCE

IV — CARTHAGE

CARTHAGINIAN ARMOR

SCALE · HELMET · SHIELD · JAVELINS · c. 218 BCE

CARTHAGINIAN ARMOR

SCALE · HELMET · SHIELD · JAVELINS

THE WAR SADDLE

ELEPHANT HOWDAH · c. 3RD CENTURY BCE · RECONSTRUCTION

IV — CARTHAGE

HANNIBAL BARCA & THE BARCA BROTHERS

BROWNBLOODS RECONSTRUCTION · c. 218 BCE

HANNIBAL BARCA

KING OF CARTHAGE · 247 – c. 183 BCE · BROWNBLOODS RECONSTRUCTION

THE BARCA BROTHERS

BROWNBLOODS RECONSTRUCTION

V — ROME

ROME

THE THIRD POWER · 218 BCE

V — ROME

THE LEGIONARY

ROMAN ARMOR & THE SCUTUM · c. 3RD–2ND CENTURY BCE

LEGIONARY ARMOR & EQUIPMENT

ROMAN REPUBLIC · c. 3RD–2ND CENTURY BCE

THE SCUTUM

REPUBLICAN LEGIONARY SHIELD · c. 3RD–2ND CENTURY BCE

STILL.

218 BCE

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