a Numidian, son of Masinissa, was sent to Rome by his father as ambassador in B. C. 168. He was received with the utmost distinction, one of the quaestors being sent to meet him at Puteoli, and attend him from thence to Rome. (Liv. 45.13,14.)
[E.H.B]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890