History · 1852
The Jugurthine War
Bellum Iugurthinum, 112–105 BC
Translated by John Selby Watson (1852)
Sallust’s history of the war Rome fought against Jugurtha, the Numidian prince who murdered his rivals, bribed Roman commanders and senators, and was finally betrayed by his father-in-law Bocchus, with the rise of Marius and Sulla, and Sallust’s reflections on the corruption of the Roman nobility.
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