biography
pronunciation:
[jugoortha]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.160–104 BC)
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| biography:
| King of Numidia (118–105 BC), after whom the Jugurthine War (112–104 BC) is named. Rome's difficulty in defeating him provided Marius with a launching pad for his career, and led to important reforms in the Roman army. Jugurtha's surrender to Marius's deputy, Sulla, ended the war, but was the starting point of the deadly feud between Marius and Sulla which plunged Rome into civil war 20 years later. |
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