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Jugurtha
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Jugurtha (died 104 BC)

King of Numidia, North Africa, who, after a long resistance, was betrayed to the Romans and put to death.



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With such a prospect for personal glory, the rivalry between Marius and Sulla, which had simmered since the Jugurthine War more than a decade earlier, exploded into the open.
Sallust's Jugurthine War, together with his Conspiracy of Catiline, is available in a translation by S.
Conflict in Africa, however, was never to be completely resolved, and one African war in particular--the Jugurthine War--though relatively insignificant in terms of Roman lives and materiel lost, did incalculable long-term damage to the Roman state because it set the stage for the rise of the first Roman despots.
 
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