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 Coin commemorating Sulla's capture of Jugurtha | |||||||||
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Lucius Calpurnius Spurius Postumius Aulus Postumius Quintus Numidicus Gaius Marius Sulla Felix |
Jugurtha Bomilcar Bocchus I | ||||||||
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The Jugurthine War (Latin: Bellum Iugurthinum; 112–106 BC) was an armed conflict between the Roman Republic and King Jugurtha of Numidia, a kingdom on the north African coast approximating to modern Algeria. Jugurtha was the nephew and adopted son of Micipsa, king of Numidia, whom he succeeded to the throne; he had done so by overcoming his rivals through assassination, war, and bribery.
Following Jugurtha's usurpation of the throne of Numidia,[1] a loyal ally of Rome since the Punic Wars,[2] Rome felt compelled to intervene. The war constituted an important phase in the Roman subjugation of Northern Africa and the rise of the empire,[3] but Numidia did not become a Roman province until 46 BC.
- ^ Sallust, The Jugurthine War, XII
- ^ Matyszak, The Enemies of Rome, p. 64
- ^ Muscato, Christopher. "The Jugurthine Wars: Facts & Causes". study.com. Retrieved 2024-12-15.