Prior to the Second Punic War, the area was split into eastern and western tribes.  
Prior to the Second Punic War, the area was split into eastern and western tribes.  During that conflict the westerners sided with Hannibal while the easterners, led by Masinissa, joined the Romans.  For his loyalty, Masinissa gained control of the entire region, which remained with his descendants until Julius Caesar overthrew Juba II in 46 BC, renaming it Africa Nova.  For ten points, name the region, roughly equivalent to modern Algeria, which was also the homeland of Jugurtha.
Prior to the Second Punic War, the area was split into eastern and western tribes.  
Numidia