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Jugurtha

160 BC - 104 BC

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Jugurtha or Jugurthen (Libyco-Berber Yugurten or Yugarten, c. 160 – 104 BC) was a king of Numidia. When the Numidian king Micipsa, who had adopted Jugurtha, died in 118 BC, Jugurtha and his two adoptive brothers, Hiempsal and Adherbal, succeeded him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jugurtha has received more than 520,170 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Jugurtha is the 917th most popular politician (up from 1,059th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Algeria and the 2nd most popular Algerian Politician.

Jugurtha is most famous for being a king of Numidia who fought against the Roman Empire.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.89

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  • 2.51

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jugurtha ranks 917 out of 15,577Before him are Muhammad XII of Granada, Ivan VI of Russia, Béla Kun, Cassander, Raymond Poincaré, and Charles I of Hungary. After him are Lee Myung-bak, Benjamin Harrison, Lev Kamenev, Jiang Qing, Chaim Weizmann, and Basil II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 160 BC, Jugurtha ranks 1After him are Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus, Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius, and Theodosius of Bithynia. Among people deceased in 104 BC, Jugurtha ranks 1After him are John Hyrcanus, Dong Zhongshu, and Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Jugurtha ranks 9 out of 184Before him are Apuleius (125), Tariq ibn Ziyad (670), Yves Saint Laurent (1936), Jacques Derrida (1930), Macrinus (164), and Louis Althusser (1918). After him are Saint Monica (332), Ahmed Ben Bella (1916), Emir Abdelkader (1808), Édouard-Henri Avril (1849), Juba II (-52), and Jacques Attali (1943).

Among POLITICIANS In Algeria

Among politicians born in Algeria, Jugurtha ranks 2Before him are Macrinus (164). After him are Ahmed Ben Bella (1916), Emir Abdelkader (1808), Juba II (-52), Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945), Dihya (700), Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898), Houari Boumédiène (1932), Marcel Cerdan (1916), Abdelkader Bensalah (1941), and Juba I of Numidia (-85).