Jugurthine_War

Jugurthine War The Jugurthine War took place from the years 111 BCE to 106 BCE in the Numidian territory. This all started on a conflict between Rome and the king of Numidia, Jugurtha hence the Jugurthine War. During this conflict the Romans found a tremendous advantage, as well as a boost in popularity for Marius, the military leader. Before the war started the Roman people were led by a senate, which consisted of various elected officials. Magistrates carried out many of the duties that needed to be done. These magistrates had to be elected by an Assembly. The Assembly consisted of three parts. The first were two counsels. Next were the praetors. The most important though were the ten tribunes of plebs, who had the most power of all. (Sallust p. 16)Though the Roman Senate contained the majority of the power it could not get involved in business affairs overseas. These affairs were handled by a section of governmental officials called Equites. Due to the fact that the most powerful part of the government could not do these overseas affairs, tension arose people, army, war, senate, now, jugurtha, italy, able, sallust, roman, new, marius, equites, after, took, time, rome, numidia, land, government, tiberius, started, soon, numidians, king, idea, during, due, death, consisted, battle, amount, two, trade, saw