place
Numidia
also: Numidicus
The North African kingdom west of Carthage; source of giallo antico ('Numidian marble'), the prized yellow stone Seneca names as an emblem of bath-house luxury.
Reading notes
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §86.6 Numidian inlay
Giallo antico, the prized yellow marble quarried in Numidia (modern Tunisia/Algeria), used as decorative inlay.