2nd-century BC war between the Kingdom of Numidia and the Roman Republic
This article is about the conflict. For the monograph by Sallust, see Bellum Jugurthinum.
Jugurthine War
Coin commemorating Sulla's capture of Jugurtha
Date
112–106 BC
Location
Numidia
Result
Roman victory
Territorial changes
Mauretania given some Numidian territory
Belligerents
Roman Republic Mauretania
Numidia
Commanders and leaders
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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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.
Following Jugurtha's usurpation of the throne of Numidia,[1] a loyal ally of Rome since the Punic Wars,[2] Rome felt compelled to intervene. The war constituted an important phase in the Roman subjugation of Northern Africa, and the rise of the empire,[3] but Numidia did not become a Roman province until 46 BC.
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