Iugurtha
- the nephew and successor of Micipsa, king of Numidia, conquered by Marius in the war with the Romans; v. Sall. J. 5 sqq.; Flor. 3, 1.—Hence,
- II Iŭgurthīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Jugurtha, Jugurthan: conjuratio, Cic. N. D. 3, 30: bellum, Hor. Epod. 9, 23: triumphus, Ov. P. 4, 3, 45.
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…apud populum Romanum criminatus est bellum illum ducere ; si se consulem fecissent, brevi tempore aut vivum aut mortuum Iugurtham se in potestatem populi Romani redacturum. Itaque factus est ille quidem consul, sed a fide iustitiaque discessit ,…
M. Tullius Cicero, De Officiis
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…nuper ita vobis patribusque vestris esse visum ut in uno C. Mario spes imperi poneretur, ut idem cum Iugurtha, idem cum Cimbris, idem cum Teutonis bellum administraret ; in ipso Cn. Pompeio in quo novi constitui…
Cicero, pro Lege Manilia
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…castra locata et diei uesper erat, repente Maurus incerto uultu pauens ad Sullam accurrit dicitque sibi ex speculatoribus cognitum Iugurtham haud procul abesse. Simul, uti noctu clam secum profugeret, rogat atque hortatur. Ille animo feroci negat…
Sallust, Jugurtha
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…. nec obtinuit aduersante optimatium factione quorum auctoritatem ut quibus posset modis in uicem deminueret, tropaea Gai Mari de Iugurtha deque Cimbris atque Teutonis olim a Sulla disiecta restituit atque in exercenda de sicaris quaestione eos quoque sicariorum numero habuit…
Suetonius, Lives
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…minime decuit, propinquos per scelus vitam eripuit. Affinis amicos propinquos ceteros meos alium alia clades oppressit capti ab Iugurtha pars in crucem acti, pars bestiis obiecti sunt, pauci, quibus relicta est anima, clausi in tenebris…
Sallust, Jugurtha
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…sibi finem vitae adesse intellegeret, coram amicis et cognatis itemque Adherbale et Hiempsale filiis dicitur huiusce modi verba cum Iugurtha habuisse Paruum ego te, Iugurtha, amisso patre, sine spe, sine opibus in meum regnum accepi ,…
Sallust, Jugurtha
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…castra Iugurthae proficiscitur. Deinde ab illo cuncta edoctus properato itinere post diem octauum redit ad Bocchum et ei nuntiat Iugurtham cupere omnia quae imperarentur facere, sed Mario parum confidere ; saepe antea cum imperatoribus Romanis pacem conventam frustra fuisse…
Sallust, Jugurtha
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…de re publica loquar. Primum omnium de Numidia bonum habete animum, Quirites. Nam quae ad hoc tempus Iugurtham tutata sunt, omnia remouistis auaritiam, imperitiam atque superbiam. Deinde exercitus ibi est locorum sciens, sed mehercule…
Sallust, Jugurtha
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…coram amicis et cognatis itemque Adherbale et Hiempsale filiis dicitur huiusce modi verba cum Iugurtha habuisse Paruum ego te, Iugurtha, amisso patre, sine spe, sine opibus in meum regnum accepi, existimans non minus me tibi quam…
Sallust, Jugurtha
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…. Postremo de omnibus rebus legatos Romam brevi missurum. Ita utrique digrediuntur. Adherbalis appellandi copia non fuit. Iugurtha ubi eos Africa decessisse ratus est neque propter loci naturam Cirtam armis expugnare potest, vallo atque fossa moenia circumdat…
Sallust, Jugurtha
(Ἰουγούρθας). An illegitimate son of Mastanabal, and grandson of Masinissa. He lost his father at an early age, but was brought up by Micipsa with his own sons, Hiempsal and Adherbal. Iugurtha was a brave, able, and ambitious prince, and distinguished himself greatly while serving under Scipio against Numantia, in B.C. 134. Micipsa, on his death in 118, bequeathed his kingdom to Iugurtha and his two sons, Hiempsal and Adherbal, in common. Iugurtha aspired to the sole sovereignty. He assassinated Hiempsal soon after his father's death, and a division of the kingdom between Iugurtha and Adherbal was then made by the Roman Senate; but shortly afterwards Iugurtha attacked Adherbal, took him prisoner, and put him to death (112). The Romans had previously commanded Iugurtha to abstain from hostilities against Adherbal; and as he had paid no attention to their commands, they now declared war against him. The consul L. Calpurnius Bestia was sent into Africa (111); but by large sums of money Iugurtha purchased from him a favourable peace—a disgraceful proceeding which excited the greatest indignation at Rome. The peace was disowned, and the war renewed under the command of the consul Sp. Postumius Albinus; but during the absence of the consul, his brother Aulus was defeated by Iugurtha (110). Next year (109) the consul Q. Caecilius Metellus, an able general and incorruptible man, was sent into Africa at the head of a new army. In the course of two years Metellus frequently defeated Iugurtha, and at length drove him to take refuge among the Gaetulians. In 107 Metellus was succeeded in the command by Marius. The cause of Iugurtha was now supported by his father-in-law, Bocchus, king of Mauretania; but Marius defeated their united forces, and Bocchus purchased the forgiveness of the Romans by surrendering his son-in-law to Sulla , the quaestor of Marius (106). Iugurtha was carried a prisoner to Rome, and after adorning the triumph of Marius (January 1, 104), was thrown into a dungeon, and there starved to death. The history of the Jugurthine War was written by Sallust, and is a masterpiece of historical composition. See Sallustius.