Jugurthine War
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Was an armed conflict between the Roman Republic and king Jugurtha of Numidia, a kingdom on the coast of modern Algeria.
Chronology
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January 115 BC: The Roman senate divided the Kingdom of Numidia between Adherbal and Jugurtha.
January 111 BC: Siege of Cirta.
January 109 BC: The Roman general Gaius Marius and his ally Gaius Lusius waged war against Jugurtha, the King of Numidia, in -110. Suthul was a strategic town where the Numidian treasury was located, but despite the siege, the town's strong defenses prevented its capture.
June 109 BC: In spring of 109, Metellus led his reorganised army into Numidia.
January 108 BC: The Roman army besieges the Numidian city of Zama.
January 107 BC: Thala is besieged by the Roman Republic.
January 107 BC: At this point Jugurtha retired to the court of his father-in-law, king Bocchus I of Mauretania, who though previously professing friendship for the Romans, now received Jugurtha hospitably, and, without positively declaring war (on Rome), advanced with his troops into Numidia as far as Cirta, the capital.
November 107 BC: In -107 BC, the Roman general Marius led a risky expedition to Capsa, a town in North Africa. After the town surrendered, Marius ordered the execution of all survivors as a brutal display of Roman power and dominance in the region.
January 106 BC: Jugurtha’s loyalists recaptured Cirta.
January 105 BC: Second Battle of Cirta.
January 105 BC: Bocchus annexed the western part of Jugurtha's kingdom, and was made a friend of the Roman people. .
January 105 BC: Ultimately, Marius reached a deal with Bocchus whereby Sulla, who was friendly with members of Bocchus's court, would enter Bocchus's camp to receive Jugurtha as a hostage. In spite of the possibility of treachery on the Mauritanian's part, Sulla agreed; Jugurtha's remaining followers were treacherously massacred, and he himself handed over in chains to Sulla by Bocchus.
January 112 BC: Shortly after, in 113 BC, Jugurtha again declared war on his brother, and defeated him, forcing him to retreat into Cirta, Adherbal's capital.
January 109 BC: The cunning Numidian king, who had reportedly bribed Roman officers to facilitate his attack, was able to catch the Romans at a disadvantage.
January 108 BC: The Numidians reconquered Zama with irregular warfare tactics.
