Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 108

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Ibi cum Boccho Numida quidam Aspar nomine multum et familiariter agebat, praemissus ab Iugurtha, postquam Sullam accitum audierat, orator et subdole speculatum Bocchi consilia; praeterea Dabar, Massugradae filius, ex gente Masinissae, ceterum materno genere impar—nam pater eius ex concubina ortus erat—, Mauro ob ingeni multa bona carus acceptusque. Quem Bocchus fidum esse Romanis multis ante tempestatibus expertus ilico ad Sullam nuntiatum mittit: paratum sese facere quae populus Romanus vellet; colloquio diem locum tempus ipse deligeret, neu Iugurthae legatum pertimesceret; consulto sese omnia illo integra habere, quo res communis licentius gereretur; nam ab insidiis eius aliter caueri nequiuisse. Sed ego comperior Bocchum magis Punica fide quam ob ea, quae praedicabat, simul Romanos et Numidam spe pacis attinuisse multumque cum animo suo voluere solitum, Iugurtham Romanis an illi Sullam traderet; libidinem aduersum nos, metum pro nobis suasisse.

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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.) — 108 focus

1 Ibi cum Boccho Numida quidam Aspar nomine multum et familiariter agebat, praemissus ab Iugurtha, postquam Sullam accitum audierat, orator et subdole speculatum Bocchi consilia; praeterea Dabar, Massugradae filius, ex gente Masinissae, ceterum materno genere inpar — nam pater eius ex concubina ortus erat —, Mauro ob ingeni multa bona carus acceptusque. 2 quem Bocchus fidum esse Romanis multis ante tempestatibus expertus ilico ad Sullam nuntiatum mittit: paratum sese facere quae populus Romanus vellet; conloquio diem locum tempus ipse deligeret, neu Iugurthae legatum pertimesceret; consulto sese omnia cum illo integra habere, quo res communis licentius gereretur; nam ab insidiis eius aliter caveri nequivisse. 3 sed ego comperior Bocchum magis Punica fide quam ob ea, quae praedicabat, simul Romanos et Numidam spe pacis attinuisse multumque cum animo suo volvere solitum, Iugurtham Romanis an illi Sullam traderet; lubidinem advorsum nos, metum pro nobis suasisse. 109 1 igitur Sulla respondit se pauca coram Aspare locuturum, cetera occulte nullo aut quam paucissumis praesentibus. simul edocet, quae sibi responderentur. 2 postquam, sicuti voluerat, congressi, dicit se missum a consule venisse quaesitum ab eo, pacem an bellum agitaturus foret. 3 tum rex, uti praeceptum fuerat, post diem decumum redire iubet, ac nihil etiam nunc decrevisse, sed illo die responsurum. deinde ambo in sua castra digressi. 4 sed ubi plerumque noctis processit, Sulla a Boccho occulte accersitur. ab utroque tantummodo fidi interpretes adhibentur, praeterea Dabar internuntius, sanctus vir et ex sententia ambobus. ac statim sic rex incipit:

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Jugurthine War Perseus (Sallust. Sallust, Florus, and Velleius Paterculus. Watson, J. S. (John Selby), translator. London: Harper & Brothers, 1899.) — 108 focus

There was, at this time, in constant and familiar intercourse with Bocchus, a Numidian named Aspar, who had been sent to him by Jugurtha, when he heard of Sylla's intended interview, in the character of embassador, but secretly to be a spy on the Mauretanian king's proceedings. There was also with him a certain Dabar, son of Massugrada, one of the family of Masinissa,¹ but of inferior birth on the maternal side, as his father was the son of a concubine. Dabar, for his many intellectual endowments, was liked and esteemed by Bocchus, who, having found him faithful² on many former occasions, sent him forthwith to Sylla, to say "that he was ready to do whatever the Romans desired; that Sylla himself should appoint the place, day, and hour,³ for a conference; that he kept all points, which he had settled with him before, inviolate ;⁴ and that he was not to fear the presence of Jugurtha's embassador as any restraint⁵ on the discussion of their common interests, since, without admitting him, he could have no security against Jugurtha's treachery." I find, however, that it was rather from African duplicity⁶ than from the motives which he professed, that Bocchus thus allured both the Romans and Jugurtha with the hopes of peace; that he frequently debated with himself whether he should deliver Jugurtha to the Romans, or Sylla to Jugurtha; and that his inclination swayed him against us, but his fears in our favor.

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