Juba I allied with Pompey against Caesar, a decision that ended at Thapsus in 46 BC when Caesar's forces crushed the combined Pompeian-Numidian army. Rather than submit to Roman captivity, Juba arranged a mutual suicide pact with the Roman general Marcus Petreius — the two men reportedly fought a duel to the death, with the survivor then killing himself. The kingdom was subsequently annexed as the province of Africa Nova, making this issue a product of the last independent Numidian monarchy.
Juba I allied with Pompey against Caesar, a decision that ended at Thapsus in 46 BC when Caesar's forces crushed the combined Pompeian-Numidian army. Rather than submit to Roman captivity, Juba arranged a mutual suicide pact with the Roman general Marcus Petreius — the two men reportedly fought a duel to the death, with the survivor then killing himself. The kingdom was subsequently annexed as the province of Africa Nova, making this issue a product of the last independent Numidian monarchy.