To ensure power he had his half-brother Heimpal assassinated, and then moved against his other half-brother Adherbal.  
He learned battle tactics while leading an army under Scipio Aemilianus in the siege of Numantia.  To ensure power he had his half-brother Heimpal assassinated, and then moved against his other half-brother Adherbal.  The nephew and later adopted son of Miscipsa, he bribed the Consular legation sent to negotiate in 116 BCE, precipitating a war in which he initially outwitted Metellus.  FTP, namet his Numidian ruler, who fought a namesake war with Rome.
He learned battle tactics while leading an army under Scipio Aemilianus in the siege of Numantia.  
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