Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, Rev. John Selby Watson, M.A. (Translator), 13

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The report of so atrocious an outrage was soon spread through Africa . Fear seized on Adherbal, and on all who had been subject to Micipsa. The Numidians divided into two parties, the greater number following Adherbal, but the more warlike, Jugurtha; who, accordingly, armed as large a force as he could, brought several cities, partly by force and partly by their own consent, under his power, and prepared to make himself sovereign of the whole of Numidia . Adherbal, though he had sent embassadors to Rome , to inform the senate of his brother's murder and his own circumstances, yet, relying on the number of his troops, prepared for an armed resistance. When the matter, however, came to a contest, he was defeated, and fled from the field of battle into our province,¹ and from thence hastened to Rome .

Jugurtha, having thus accomplished his purposes,² and reflecting, at leisure, on the crime which he had committed, began to feel a dread of the Roman people, against whose resentment he had no hopes of security but in the avarice of the nobility, and in his own wealth. A few days afterward, therefore, he dispatched embassadors to Rome , with a profusion of gold and silver, whom he directed, in the first place, to make abundance of presents to his old friends, and then to procure him new ones; and not to hesitate, in short, to effect whatever could be done by bribery.

When these deputies had arrived at Rome , and had sent large presents, according to the prince's direction, to his intimate friends,³ and to others whose influence was at that time powerful, so remarkable a change ensued, that Jugurtha, from being an object of the greatest odium, grew into great regard and favor with the nobility; who, partly allured with hope, and partly with actual largesses, endeavored, by soliciting the members of the senate individually, to prevent any severe measures from being adopted against him. When the embassadors, accordingly, felt sure of success, the senate, on a fixed day, gave audience to both parties.⁴ On that occasion, Adherbal, as I have understood, spoke to the following effect:

Bellum Iugurthinum. Sallust. Rev. John Selby Watson, M.A. (Translator). New York and London. 1899.

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Bellum Iugurthinum Perseus (Sallust. C. Sallusti Crispi Catilina, Iugurtha, orationes et epistulae excerptae de historiis. Ahlberg, Axel Wilhelm, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1919.) — 12 focus

1 Primo conventu, quem ab regulis factum supra memoravi, propter dissensionem placuerat dividi thesauros finisque imperi singulis constitui. 2 itaque tempus ad utramque rem decernitur, sed maturius ad pecuniam distribuendam. reguli interea in loca propinqua thesauris alius alio concessere. 3 sed Hiempsal in oppido Thirmida forte eius domo utebatur, qui proxumus lictor Iugurthae carus acceptusque ei semper fuerat. quem ille casu ministrum oblatum promissis onerat inpellitque, uti tamquam sua m visens domum eat, portarum clavis adulterinas paret — nam verae ad Hiempsalem referebantur — ceterum, ubi res postularet, se ipsum cum magna manu venturum. 4 Numida mandata brevi conficit atque, uti doctus erat, noctu Iugurthae milites introducit. 5 qui postquam in aedis inrupere, divorsi regem quaerere, dormientis alios alios occursantis interficere, scrutari loca abdita, clausa effringere, strepitu et tumultu omnia miscere, quom interim Hiempsal reperitur occultans se tugurio mulieries ancillae, quo initio pavidus et ignarus loci perfugerat. 6 Numidae caput eius, uti iussi erant, ad Iugurtham referunt.

13 1 Ceterum fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur. Adherbalem omnisque, qui sub imperio Micipsae fuerant, metus invadit. in duas partis discedunt Numidae: plures Adherbalem sequontur, sed illum alterum bello meliores. 2 igitur Iugurtha quam maxumas potest copias armat, urbis partim vi alias voluntate imperio suo adiungit, omni Numidiae imperare parat. 3 Adherbal tametsi Romam legatos miserat, qui senatum docerent de caede fratris et fortunis suis, tamen fretus multitudine militum parabat armis contendere. 4 sed ubi res ad certamen venit, victus ex proelio profugit in provinciam ac deinde Romam contendit. 5 tum Iugurtha patratis consiliis, postquam omni Numidia potiebatur, in otio facinus suom cum animo reputans timere populum Romanum neque advorsus iram eius usquam nisi in avaritia nobilitatis et pecunia sua spem habere. 6 itaque paucis diebus cum auro et argento multo Romam legatos mittit, quis praecipit, primum uti veteres amicos muneribus expleant, deinde novos adquirant, postremo quaecumque possint largiundo parare ne cunctentur. 7 sed ubi Romam legati venere et ex praecepto regis hospitibus aliisque, quorum ea tempestate in senatu auctoritas pollebat, magna munera misere, tanta conmutatio incessit, ut ex maxuma invidia in gratiam et favorem nobilitatis Iugurtha veniret. 8 quorum pars spe, alii praemio inducti singulos ex senatu ambiundo nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur. 9 igitur ubi legati satis confidunt, die constituto senatus utrisque datur. tum Adherbalem hoc modo locutum accepimus:

Bellum Iugurthinum Perseus (Sallust. Bellum Iugurthinum. (No bibliographic information found).) — 13 focus

Ceterum fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi diuulgatur. Adherbalem omnisque, qui sub imperio Micipsae fuerant, metus invadit. In duas partis discedunt Numidae: plures Adherbalem secuntur, sed illum alterum bello meliores. Igitur Iugurtha quam maximas potest copias armat, urbis partim vi alias voluntate imperio suo adiungit, omni Numidiae imperare parat. Adherbal tametsi Romam legatos miserat, qui senatum docerent de caede fratris et fortunis suis, tamen fretus multitudine militum parabat armis contendere. Sed ubi res ad certamen venit, victus ex proelio profugit in prouinciam ac deinde Romam contendit. Tum Iugurtha patratis consiliis, postquam omnis Numidiae potiebatur, in otio facinus suum cum animo reputans timere populum Romanum neque aduersus iram eius usquam nisi in auaritia nobilitatis et pecunia sua spem habere. Itaque paucis diebus cum auro et argento multo Romam legatos mittit, quis praecipit, primum uti ueteres amicos muneribus expleant, deinde nouos aqquirant, postremo quaecumque possint largiendo parare ne cunctentur. Sed ubi Romam legati venere et ex praecepto regis hospitibus aliisque, quorum ea tempestate in senatu auctoritas pollebat, magna munera misere, tanta commutatio incessit, ut ex maxima invidia in gratiam et fauorem nobilitatis Iugurtha veniret. Quorum pars spe, alii praemio inducti singulos ex senatu ambiendo nitebantur, ne grauius in eum consuleretur. Igitur ubi legati satis confidunt, die constituto senatus utrisque datur. Tum Adherbalem hoc modo locutum accepimus:

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1. XIII. Into our province]

In Provinciam.

"The word province, in this place, signifies that part of Africa which, after the destruction of Carthage , fell to the Romans by the right of conquest, in opposition to the kingdom of Micipsa."

Wasse.

2. Having thus accomplished his purposes]

Patratis consiliis.

After consiliis, in all the manuscripts, occur the words postquam omnis Numidiœ potiebatur, which were struck out by Cortius, as being turpissima glossa. The recent editors, Gerlach, Kritz, Dietsch, and Bernouf, have restored them.

3. His intimate friends]

Hospitibus.

Persons probably with whom he had been intimate at Numantia , or who had since visited him in Numidia .

4. The senate—gave audience to both parties]

senatus utrisque datur.

"The embassadors of Jugurtha, and Adherbal in person, are admitted into the senate-house to plead their cause."

Bernouf.

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