Jugurtha
Sign in to saveJugurtha or Jugurthen ( c. 160 – 104 BC) was a king of Numidia, the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa. When the Numidian king Micipsa, who had adopted Jugurtha, died in 118 BC, Micipsa's two sons, Hiempsal and Adherbal, along with Jugurtha, were in line for succession. Jugurtha arranged to have Hiempsal killed in 117 BC and, after a civil war, defeated and killed Adherbal in 112 BC.
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- Born
- 86 B.C.
- Died
- 34 B.C.
- Works
- 754
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- C. Sallusti Crispi De bello Catilinario et Jugurthino
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Key facts
- Commander.embed
- yes
- Royalty.name
- Jugurtha ⵢⵓⴳⵔⵜⵏ
- Royalty.title
- King of Numidia
- Royalty.image
- Coin of Jugurtha.png
- Royalty.image_size
- 270px
- Royalty.caption
- Coin representing Jugurtha
- Royalty.succession
- King of Numidia
- Royalty.reign
- 118–105 BC
- Royalty.predecessor
- MicipsaHiempsal IAdherbal
- Royalty.successor
- Gauda
- Royalty.birth_date
- c. 160 BC
- Royalty.death_date
- 104 BC (aged about 56)
- Royalty.death_place
- Rome
Key dates
- Born
- 160 BCE
- Died
- 104 BCE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Numidia
- Place of birth
- Cirta
- Place of death
- Rome
- Child
- Oxyntas
- Father
- Mastanabal
- Sibling
- Gauda
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Image
- Jugurtha captured.jpg
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- Etymology
- Background
- Rise to power
- War with Rome
- Literary references
- See also
- References
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Jugurtha or Jugurthen ( c. 160 – 104 BC) was a king of Numidia, the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa. When the Numidian king Micipsa, who had adopted Jugurtha, died in 118 BC, Micipsa's two sons, Hiempsal and Adherbal, along with Jugurtha, were in line for succession. Jugurtha arranged to have Hiempsal killed in 117 BC and, after a civil war, defeated and killed Adherbal in 112 BC.
The death of Adherbal, which was against the wishes of Rome, along with the growing popular anger in Rome at Jugurtha's success in bribing Roman senators and thus avoiding retribution, led to the Jugurthine War between Rome and Numidia. After a number of battles in Numidia between Roman and Numidian forces, Jugurtha was captured in 105 BC and paraded through Rome as part of Gaius Marius' Roman triumph. He was thrown into the Tullianum prison, where he was executed by strangulation in 104 BC.