Masinissa: Ally of Rome resumes the story of the Numidian Prince at
a moment when he is beginning to question his alliance with the
Carthaginian Empire during the Second Punic War. He has been
fighting as a cavalry commander on the Iberian Peninsula for
several years but the fortunes of war and his own clandestine
meeting with the Roman consul Scipio Africanus, ostensibly his
sworn enemy, has led him to reconsider his loyalties. His love for
the Carthaginian aristocrat Sophonisba, which had blossomed during
his period of exile in Carthage, has remained strong during his
absence from North Africa. He is due a period of leave in that city
shortly to formalise his engagement to her. At this moment in the
war, the Carthaginian forces are attempting to reform their
military strength in North Africa and in the strategically
important and historically allied southern Iberian city of Gades
(present day Cadiz.) For his part, Masinissa has recently retrieved
one of the sacred cups of Melqart (Hercules) which had been hidden
in a fortress now occupied by the Roman legions. He is presently
taking a small contingent of his most loyal troops to the temple
dedicated to Melqart which is located close to the city of Gades to
return the cup to its proper religious location. The mood of both
he and his men on the journey is mutinous.
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