JUGURTHA

joogûrˈthə, c.156–104 b.c., king of Numidia, a grandson of Masinissa. On the death of Micipsa (118 b.c.), the royal power devolved upon his two sons and upon his adopted son Jugurtha. The latter ousted the other two heirs and united Numidia under his rule. In the process, however, some Italians were murdered, leading Rome to invade Numidia; peace was reestablished in 111 b.c. Jugurtha, on a visit to Rome to explain his acts, ordered a rival murdered. War was resumed, and the Romans under Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus gained some notable successes. Under a new commander, Caius Marius, the Romans continued to apply pressure on Jugurtha, who was being supported by his father-in-law, Bocchus, king of Mauretania. Jugurtha was captured (106 b.c.) when Bocchus betrayed him, and he was put to death in prison in Rome.

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The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene: Royal Scholarship on Rome's African Frontier
Book by Duane W. Roller; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: Cleopatra--Queen, Consort Of Juba Ii, King Of Mauretania--B. 40 B.C, Juba--Ii--King Of Mauretania--Ca. 50 B.C.-Ca. 24 A.D, Juba--Ii--King Of Mauretania--Ca. 50 B.C.-Ca. 24 A.D--Knowledge And Learning, Mauretania (Kingdom)--Civilization, Mauretania (Kingdom)--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...Jubas great-great-uncle - was the famous Jugurtha, who had his own complex relationship...Saumagne, La Numidie et Rome: Massinissa et Jugurtha Paris 1966 , pp. 100-4; see further...demonstrated only a generation later with Jugurtha. For the whole issue of succession to...
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A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium
Book by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh; Macmillan, 1912
Subjects: Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C
...Noreia 113 , and Manlius and Caepio in Gaul 105 --History of Jugurtha --His bribery at Rome--His murder of Massiva--The JUGURTHINE...campaign of Metellus 109-108 --Marius consul 107 --Capture of Jugurtha 106 --Five consecutive consulships of Marius 104-100...
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Who's Who in the Roman World
Book by John Hazel; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Rome--Biography, Rome--History
...ancestral tomb. Adherbal see JUGURTHA. Aelianus , Claudius (C2...consul in 110 BC revived the war with JUGURTHA, king of Numidia, which BESTIA had given...and his camp was captured by the enemy. Jugurtha made his army go under the yoke. Spurius...
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A History of the Roman People
Book by Fritz M. Heichelheim, Cedric A. Yeo; Prentice-Hall, 1962
Subjects: Rome--Civilization, Rome--History
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The Brothers of Romulus: Fraternal Pietas in Roman Law, Literature, and Society
Book by Cynthia J. Bannon; Princeton University Press, 1997
Subjects: Brothers In Literature, Brothers--Rome--Conduct Of Life, Interpersonal Relations--Rome, Kinship (Roman Law), Rome--Civilization, Romulus--King Of Rome--Family
...this tradition were associated with neglect or even abuse of fraternal pietas, as for example in Sallust's condemnation of Jugurtha's ambitions and of Rome's involvement with him. Fratricide becomes the ultimate metaphor for the public and personal conflicts...
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La Tunisie Dans L'imaginaire Politique De Flaubert
Journal article by Gisele Seginger; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 32, 2003
Subjects: Flaubert, Gustave, French fiction--Political aspects, Historical fiction, Political fiction, Salammbo (Book)--Political aspects, Tunisia
...decouvre est dabord pour lui le "pays de Jugurtha," aux abords de Constantine: "Cest une...reprises pendant son voyage, il pense a Jugurtha dont il a lu lhistoire racontee par Salluste...mort, et par les crimes. Lhistoire de Jugurtha fascine Flaubert sans doute parce quelle...
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The Sands of Rhyme: Thackeray and Abd al Qadir
Journal article by Hédi Abdel-Jaouad; Research in African Literatures, Vol. 30, 1999
Subjects: Africa--History, African Fiction--History And Criticism, African Literature--History And Criticism, African Poetry--History And Criticism, Postcolonialism--Africa
...saw in Abd al Qadir not only a modern Jugurtha but also a powerful rallying symbol...al Qadir) as well as the distant past (Jugurtha), yet another stage in the cyclical...of the ancestor, especially that of Jugurtha and his modern incarnation, Abd al Qadir...
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Penser L'impesnsable: Le 11 Septembre Des Penseurs Francais
Journal article by Francois Lagarde; French Politics, Culture and Society, Vol. 23, 2005
Subjects: Anti-Americanism, Baudrillard, Jean--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Derrida, Jacques--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Social science research, Terrorism--Psychological aspects, Terrorism--Research, Terrorism--Social aspects, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001--International aspects, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001--Psychological aspects, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001--Research, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001--Social aspects
...hallucinee aux djihadistes, et un pseudonomme Jugurtha publia un journal apocryphe de Ben Laden...nouvelle guerre, Paris: Odile Jacob, 2001. Jugurtha, Le Journal dOussama Ben L., Lettres...une nuits/Fondation du 2 mars, 2002). Jugurtha, Le Journal dOussama Ben L., Lettres...
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Assia Djebar: the Song of Writing
Journal article by Fatima Ahnouch, Pamela A. Genova; World Literature Today, Vol. 70, 1996
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism
...And as Flaubert superbly concludes, "It makes me think of Jugurtha, which resembles it closely. Moreover, Constantina is a true...you come to me, Deliverance?" These words are murmured by Jugurtha in his last breath, the echo returning to him from far away...
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Ira Aldridge: Shakespeare and Minstrelsy
Journal article by Nicholas M. Evans; ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly), Vol. 16, 2002
Subjects: African American actors, African American actresses, Minstrel shows--History, Shakespeare, William--Works
...contemplation for the moralist, to find a native of the land of Jugurtha, one of a race made mere merchandise for ages, now of equal...
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Saddam: Latter-Day Jugurtha?
Magazine article by Steve Bonta; The New American, Vol. 20, January 12, 2004
Saddam: Latter-Day Jugurtha? by Steve Bonta Once...prison a broken man. So lived and died Jugurtha, king of the North African nation of...and Caesarism about a century later. Jugurtha was the adopted son of the Numidian...
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From Yeltsin to Putin
Magazine article by Dmitry Shlapentokh; World and I, Vol. 16, October 2001
Subjects: Communism--Russia, Kokh, Alfred--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Luzhkov, Yuri--Political activity, Putin, Vladimir--Political activity, Russia--Political aspects, Yeltsin, Boris--Political activity
...illustrated their point. One such case was Jugurtha (160--104 B.C.), the king of a small north African state. Jugurtha engaged in war with Rome and was defeated...bought as soon as you find a buyer." Jugurtha was wrong, however, when he thought...
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Roman Africa: The Economic and Political Fault Lines That Separated Carthage and Numidia Are the Ones That Separate Tunisia and Algeria - and the Romans Drew Them
Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 287, June 2001
Subjects: Tunisia--Political aspects
...ocher ruins of ancient cities are all around. Dominating the view to the southwest is Jugurthas Table, a massive mesa atop which the Numidian King Jugurtha held out against a Roman army from 112 to 105 B.C. But it is the modern town of Le Kef...
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Roman Africa - the Economic and Political Fault Lines That Separated Carthage and Numidia Are the Ones That Separate Tunisia and Algeria-And the Romans Drew Them
Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 287, June 2001
Subjects: Ancient history--Influence, Economic development--Influence, Geography, Historical--Analysis, Historical geography--Analysis, History, Ancient--Influence, Politics--Influence
...ocher ruins of ancient cities are all around. Dominating the view to the southwest is Jugurthas Table, a massive mesa atop which the Numidian King Jugurtha held out against a Roman army from 112 to 105 B.C. But it is the modern town of Le Kef-and...
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The Once and Future Scandal
Magazine article by James Ring Adams; The American Spectator, Vol. 31, May 1998
Subjects: Campaign contributions, Congress, Congressional hearings, Corruption in government, Political finance, Reforms, Thompson, Fred
...Senate was Romes and the briber was a dashing figure named Jugurtha, the illegitimate scion of the rulers of Numidia, in North...suffer. Washington should be chastised by the famous words of Jugurtha, leaving Rome after successfully bribing the Senate: "This...
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POST PUZZLER: 50 for Fun; Phil Brown's Trivia Quiz
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), May 3, 2007
...of creatures found in the Americas are vireos? 29 What road safety device was invented by Dr Robert Borkenstein in 1954? 30 Jugurtha was a ruler of the 2nd century AD who made a long but ultimately unsuccessful revolt against Roman rule in which country? 31...


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encyclopedia articles on: Jugurtha  - 7 results

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Jugurtha
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JUGURTHA joogur th , c.156 104 b.c., king of Numidia, a grandson...power devolved upon his two sons and upon his adopted son Jugurtha. The latter ousted the other two heirs and united Numidia...to invade Numidia; peace was reestablished in 111 b.c. Jugurtha, on a visit to Rome to explain his acts, ordered a rival...
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Marius, Caius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...He served under Scipio Africanus Minor at Numantia and under Quintus Metellus against Jugurtha. Later, when he was commander of Roman forces against Jugurtha, he hastened the end of the war by a bold attack against the Numidians. In 102 b.c. he...
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Mauretania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...as modern Mauritania. It was a complex of native tribal units, but by the 2d cent. b.c. when Jugurtha of Numidia was rebelling against Rome, Jugurthas father-in-law, Bocchus, had most of Mauretania under his control. The Roman influence became...
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Numidia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...with a pretext for the Third Punic War (149 146 b.c.). Masinissas successor was Micipsa (148 118 b.c.), one of whose heirs, Jugurtha , brought on a fatal war with Rome. Later, in the Roman civil war, King Juba I sided with Pompey, and Numidia lost (46 b...
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Metellus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...c., nephew of Macedonicus, was a leader of the senatorial party. As consul (109 b.c.) he conducted the Numidian War against Jugurtha. He antagonized his legate, Marius , who later received his command. While serving as censor (102), Numidicus tried to remove...
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