The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 05 : $b the Roman Republic
History
The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 05 : $b the Roman Republic
World history
111. Outbreak of the Jugurthine War. This war was occasioned by the
quarrel between the two kings of Numidia, Jugurtha and Adherbal. The
latter appealed to Rome, and a commission appointed by the senate made
a regular division of the kingdom between the two claimants. War again
broke out between them, and Adherbal was besieged in his capital Cirta.
It was taken and Adherbal put to death. Whereupon Rome declared war
against Jugurtha. The consul Calpurnius concludes a treaty with Jugurtha
which the senate refuses to sanction. 110. Aulus Albinus capitulates
to Jugurtha with his whole army. 109. Battle of the Muthul; Metellus
defeats Jugurtha. M. Junius Silanus defeated by the Cimbri in Gaul. 107.
L. Cassius Longinus defeated by the Cimbri on the Garonne. Metellus
defeats Jugurtha, who takes refuge in the desert. Bocchus, king of
Mauretania, makes alliance with Jugurtha. C. Marius succeeds Metellus.
He defeats Jugurtha near Cirta and takes Capsa and other towns. 106. L.
Cornelius Sulla joins Marius. Jugurtha repulsed at Cirta. 105. Sulla
induces Bocchus to betray Jugurtha. Numidia divided between Bocchus and
Jugurtha’s half-brother Gauda. The Cimbri defeat the Romans at Arausio
(Orange). 104. Marius elected consul. Preparations for defence of Italy
against the barbarians. The Cimbri cross into Spain. Marius reorganises
the Roman army. 103. Marius again consul. Second Servile insurrection in
Sicily under Tryphon, who assumes the title of king. 102. The Cimbrians,
Teutones, and Helvetians approach Italy in two bands. Battle of Aquæ
Sextiæ. Marius defeats the Teutones and Ambrones. Catulus abandons the
country north of the Po to the Cimbri. 101. Battle of Vercellæ (Campi
Raudii). Marius destroys the army of the Cimbri and thus saves Italy from
the barbarians. Athenion, the successor of Tryphon, defeated and slain by
the consul Manius Aquilius. The fugitives taken and killed to the number
of thirty thousand.
CIVIL STRIFE: TIME OF MARIUS (100-86 B.C.)
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