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{{short description|2nd-century BC King of Numidia}}
[[File:Monnaie Adherbal.jpg|thumb|A coin of Adherbal]]
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'''Adherbal''' ({{langx|xpu|𐤀𐤃𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋}}, {{sc|ʾdrbʿl}}),{{sfnp|Huss|1985|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=NvEK7kc3qnQC&pg=PA559 559]}} son of [[Micipsa]] and grandson of [[Masinissa]], was a king of [[Numidia]] between 118 and 112 BC.<ref>{{Citation  | last = Smith  | first = William  | author-link = William Smith (lexicographer)  | contribution = Adherbal (3)  | editor-last = Smith  | editor-first = William  | title = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]  | volume = 1  | pages = 19  | place = Boston, MA  | year = 1867  | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0028.html  | access-date = 2007-10-13  | archive-date = 2009-07-01  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090701094156/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0028.html  | url-status = dead  }}</ref>  He inherited the throne after the death of his father, and ruled jointly with his younger brother [[Hiempsal I|Hiempsal]], and [[Jugurtha]], the nephew of Masinissa.  After the murder of his brother by Jugurtha, Adherbal fled to Rome and was restored to his share of the kingdom by the Romans in 117 BC, with Jugurtha ruling his brother's former share.  But Adherbal was again stripped of his dominions by Jugurtha and [[Siege of Cirta|besieged]] in [[Cirta]], where he was killed by Jugurtha in 112 BC, although he had placed himself under the protection of the Romans.<ref>[[Sallust]], ''Bellum Jugurthinum'' 5, 13, 14, 24, 25, 26</ref><ref>[[Livy]], ''Ep.'' 63</ref><ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica]]'' 34-35.31</ref>

[[François Joseph Lagrange-Chancel]]'s 1694 French play ''[[Adherbal roy de Numidie|Adherbal, King of Numidia]]'' is based on his story.

==See also==
*[[List of Kings of Numidia]]

== References ==
===Citations===
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===Bibliography===
* {{citation |last=Huss |first=Werner |title=Geschichte der Karthager |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NvEK7kc3qnQC |publisher=C.H. Beck |location=Munich |date=1985 |isbn=9783406306549 }}. {{in lang|de}}
*{{SmithDGRBM|title=Adherbal (3)}}

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