guy Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) (Numidian cavalryman) The story of Jugurtha, King of the Numidians, and Rome’s Jugurthine Wars are complicated and confusing. Below is the best introductory video on the subject: Quote Jugurtha learned of Romans' weakness for bribes and that powerful friends in Rome can go a long way. He famously described Rome as "urbem venalem et mature perituram, si emptorem invenerit" ("a city for sale and doomed to quick destruction, if it should find a buyer," Sallust, Jug. 35.10) (Wikipedia) Quote A few days after, he himself departed, having been ordered by the senate to quit Italy. But, as he was going from Rome, he is said, after frequently looking back on it in silence, to have at last exclaimed, "That it was a venal city, and would soon perish, if it could but find a purchaser ! https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0126%3Achapter%3D35 (coin of Jugurtha) A previous post on Numidian cavalry: Edited April 3, 2023 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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