Marius had entrusted the diplomatic part of the campaign to his quaestor Sulla, who quickly proved he had all the skills required for his task. The king was still a Numidian ally, but his loyalty was shaky at best and he always kept an eye on his own interests. Much of the year was spent on diplomatic missions to the court of King Bocchus of Mauretania, Jugurtha’s father-in-law. Although it is not explicitly mentioned in the sources, the proconsul probably took the tower and had all the deserters that survived the siege executed. Marius, whose command had been prolonged again, had every reason to want to punish these traitors. In fact, Sallustius – our main source for the conflict – only mentions the siege of a Numidian tower that was manned by Roman and Italian deserters. There was little fighting in Numidia this year. The people cried out for a hero to save them, and that hero would be Gaius Marius.īust of Gaius Marius (Glyptothek, Munich photo: Bibi Saint-Pol). Although it is difficult to establish the exact number of casualties, the Battle of Arausio easily ranks among the worst defeats in Roman history. Bickering between the two Roman generals seems to have contributed to the defeat. Near Arausio, in Southern Gaul, two Roman armies were annihilated by the Cimbri and Teutones. The king himself was betrayed by his father-in-law Bocchus and sent off to Rome in chains. The people celebrated because the war against King Jugurtha of Numidia had finally been won. This year, there was both joy and sadness in the streets of Rome. The other consul, Publius Rutilius Rufus, begins raising a new army.At the Battle of Arausio, the armies of the consul Gnaeus Mallius Maximus and the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio are destroyed by the Cimbri and Teutones.The former suffect consul Marcus Aurelius Scaurus is defeated and killed by the Cimbri.Marius is elected consul for a second time ( in absentia).
Macedonië en het Seleucidische Rijk (201-188 BCE).De Tweede Punische Oorlog: Scipio (210-201 BCE).De Tweede Punische Oorlog: Hannibal (218-211 BCE).Keltische en Illyrische oorlogen (241-219 BCE).De Eerste Punische Oorlog (264-241 BCE).The Crisis of the Third Century (238-284).From Commodus to the Crisis of the Third Century (180-238).Jugurtha, Marius and the Great Threat from the North (118-101 BCE).Masters of the Mediterranean (171-151 BCE).Liguria, Spain and the great Greek quagmire (187-172 BCE).Macedonia and the Seleucid Empire (201-188 BCE).The Second Punic War: Scipio (210-201 BCE).The Second Punic War: Hannibal (218-211 BCE).
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