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Oxyntas was a son of King Jughurta of Numidia, in the Maghreb of North Africa.He walked with his brother Iampsas in Roman Gaius Marius' triumphal parade of 104 BCE. His father died soon afterward, but Oxyntas was sent to the town of Venusia, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata, where he remained until 89 BCE.
It is not known what happened to Oxyntas after the Marsic War (91–88 BCE) in Italy.
See also
Categories:- Berber people
- History of Numidia
- 1st-century BC people
- Ancient African people
- Roman era inhabitants of Italy
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