Jugurthine War
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 on the throne, he had done so by overcoming his rivals through assassination, war, and bribery.
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Coin commemorating Sulla's capture of Jugurtha | |||||||||
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Lucius Calpurnius Bestia Spurius Postumius Albinus Aulus Postumius Albinus Q. Metellus Numidicus Gaius Marius Lucius Cornelius Sulla |
Jugurtha of Numidia Bomilcar Bocchus of Mauretania | ||||||||
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Following Jugurtha's usurpation of the throne of Numidia, a loyal ally of Rome since the Punic Wars, Rome felt compelled to intervene. The war constituted an important phase in the Roman subjugation of Northern Africa, and the rise of the empire, but Numidia did not become a Roman province until 46 BC.
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