Jugurtha

American  

[joo-gur-thuh] / dʒuˈgɜr θə /

noun

1. died 104 b.c., king of Numidia 113–104.

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Jugurtha British  

/ dʒuːˈɡɜːθə /

noun

1. died 104 _bc , king of Numidia (?112–104), who waged war against the Romans (the Jugurthine War, 112–105) and was defeated and executed

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Other Word Forms

• Jugurthine
  adjective

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Jugurtha

By 105 BCE, Jugurtha was captured and then paraded through the Roman streets in chains.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

In 107 BCE, he ran for consul by denouncing the traditional Roman elites as weak and ineffective generals and promising to quickly end the war with Jugurtha.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

After further negotiations with Sulla, he finally agreed to send a message to Jugurtha requesting his presence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

Bestia immediately made the best bargain he could for himself, by concluding a peace with Jugurtha, on certain terms, for which the Roman Consul's own terms were most exorbitant.

From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket

War with Jugurtha was again declared; for it was one of the most prolific sources of a profitable job to those in power.

From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket

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