[631] 'In contradiction with themselves,' 'contradictory.' [632] 'The king first summoned his councillors, then dismissed them immediately, and for a long time meditated by himself.' _Ceteris_ refers to the preceding _amicis_, but is used instead of _iis_, to form antithesis to himself: 'after the removal of all the rest, he deliberated by himself.' [633] _Vultus_, chiefly 'the look of the eyes,' but also 'the features of the countenance,' by which the inward emotions are manifested; hence Sallust here, by the addition of _corporis_, opposes the outward expression to the emotions of the mind: 'He changed (varied) in the expression of his bodily features as much as in his sentiments.' _Quae scilicet patefecisse_, 'which, as could be seen, revealed his mental emotions.' _Quae_ is the neuter plural, and _scilicet_ contains the leading verb. [634] That is, _ut praeceptum erat_, and not _dictum_ in the sense of _edictum_; for according to the deceitful agreement, the _condiciones pacis_ were to be determined peaceably. [635] Sallust passes very rapidly over the catastrophe of a king who had worn out, by simulation and war, the Roman armies for six years. He was taken prisoner in B.C. 106, when Marius was no longer consul, but yet remained in Africa as proconsul. Sulla considered the capture of Jugurtha to be an event so important, and to himself so glorious, that he had it engraved on his sealing ring. 114. Per idem tempus[636] adversura Gallos ab ducibus nostris Q. Caepione et Gn. Manlio male pugnatum; quo metu Italia omnis contremuerat. Illique[637] et inde usque ad nostram memoriam Romani sic habuere, alia omnia virtuti suae prona esse: cum Gallis pro salute, non pro gloria, certare.[638] Sed postquam bellum in Numidia confectum et Jugurtham Romam vinctum adduci nuntiatum est, Marius consul absens factus et ei decreta provincia Gallia; isque Kalendis Januariis[639] magna gloria consul triumphavit. Ea tempestate spes atque opes civitatis in illo sitae.