» For the Canadian mountain, see Mount Syphax. For the mythological figure, see Sufax. There's also a genus of fossil spiders Syphax (Thomisidae). Syphax was a king of the ancient Libyan tribe Masaesyli of western Numidia during the last quarter of the third century BCE. When in 218, war broke out between Carthage and Rome, Syphax was originally sympathetic to the Romans and in 213, he concluded an alliance with the Romans and they sent military advisers to help Syphax train his troops. He then… (More on Syphax)