Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, ed. Axel W. Ahlberg, 104

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1 Marius postquam infecto quo intenderat negotio Cirtam redit et de adventu legatorum certior factus est, illosque et Sullam ab Utica venire iubet, item L. Bellienum praetorem, praeterea omnis undique senatorii ordinis, quibuscum mandata Bocchi cognoscit. 2 legatis potestas Romam eundi fit, et ab consule interea indutiae postulabantur. ea Sullae et plerisque placuere; pauci ferocius decernunt, scilicet ignari humanarum rerum, quae fluxae et mobiles semper in advorsa mutantur. 3 ceterum Mauri impetratis omnibus rebus tres Romam profecti duce Cn. Octavio Rusone, qui quaestor stipendium in Africam portaverat, duo ad regem redeunt. ex iis Bocchus quom cetera tum maxume benignitatem et studium Sullae lubens accepit. 4 Romaeque legatis eius, postquam errasse regem et Iugurthae scelere lapsum deprecati sunt, amicitiam et foedus petentibus hoc modo respondetur:

5 'Senatus et populus Romanus benefici et iniuriae memor esse solet. ceterum Boccho, quoniam paenitet, delicti gratiam facit: foedus et amicitia dabuntur, quom meruerit.'

Bellum Iugurthinum. Sallust. ed. Axel W. Ahlberg. Leipzig. 1919.

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

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Bellum Iugurthinum Perseus (Sallust. Bellum Iugurthinum. (No bibliographic information found).) — 104 focus

Marius postquam infecto quo intenderat negotio Cirtam redit et de adventu legatorum certior factus est, illosque et Sullam ab Utica venire iubet, item L. Bellienum praetorem Vtica, praeterea omnis undique senatorii ordinis, quibuscum mandata Bocchi cognoscit. legatis potestas Romam eundi fit, et ab consule interea indutiae postulabantur. Ea Sullae et plerisque placuere; pauci ferocius decernunt, scilicet ignari humanarum rerum, quae fluxae et mobiles semper in aduersa mutantur. Ceterum Mauri impetratis omnibus rebus tres Romam profecti duce Cn. Octauio Rusone, qui quaestor stipendium in Africam portauerat, duo ad regem redeunt. Ex iis Bocchus cum cetera tum maxime benignitatem et studium Sullae libens accepit. Romaeque legatis eius, postquam errasse regem et Iugurthae scelere lapsum deprecati sunt, amicitiam et foedus petentibus hoc modo respondetur: "Senatus et populus Romanus benefici et iniuriae memor esse solet. Ceterum Boccho, quoniam paenitet, delicta gratiae facit: foedus et amicitia dabuntur, cum meruerit."

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Jugurthine War Perseus (Sallust. Sallust, Florus, and Velleius Paterculus. Watson, J. S. (John Selby), translator. London: Harper & Brothers, 1899.) — 104 focus

When Marius, having failed in the object¹ of his expedition, returned to Cirta, and was informed of the arrival of the embassadors, he desired both them and Sylla to come to him, together with Lucius Bellienus, the prætor from Utica, and all that were of senatorial rank in any part of the country, with whom he discussed the instructions of Bocchus to his embassadors; to whom permission to proceed to Rome was granted by the consul. In the mean time a truce was asked, a request to which assent was readily expressed by Sylla and the majority; the few, who advocated harsher measures, were men inexperienced in human affairs, which, unstable and fluctuating, are always verging to opposite extremes.²

The Moors having obtained all that they desired, three of them started for Rome with Cneius Octavius Rufus, who, as quæstor, had brought pay for the army to Africa; the other two returned to Bocchus, who heard from them, with great pleasure, their account both of other particulars, and especially of the courtesy and attention of Sylla.

To his three embassadors that went to Rome, when, after a deprecatory acknowledgment that their king had been in error, and had been led astray by the treachery of Jugurtha, they solicited for him friendship and alliance, the following answer was given: "The senate and people of Rome are wont to be mindful of both services and injuries; they pardon Bocchus, since he repents of his fault, and will grant him their alliance and friendship when he shall have deserved them."

Sallust Bellum Iugurthinum 104

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