JUGURTHINE WAR
111-105 BC

Rome fought Jugurtha, the king of Numidia, who was sick and tired of Roman rule, rebelled against Rome, and fought for freedom for his North African kingdom.

One of the soldiers involved in the Jugurthine War was the Roman general and consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus.

He was fairly successful but not ultimately so. A new consul, Gaius Marius, arrived in 107 BC and under his command and with the help of Bochhus I of Mauretania, Jugurtha was captured and executed.

Roman historian Gaius Sallustius Crispus, aka Sallust, wrote a piece on the occasion, his second monograph, Bellum Jugurthinum, written around 41-40 BC, and meaning translated The Jugurthine War.

Numidia is conquered and made a Roman province.