CLA231H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Gnaeus Mallius Maximus, Jugurtha, Novus Homo
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102 - 1st female funeral procession put on by a prominent senator for his mother. Indicative of changing times nearing the 1st century. Jugurtha - numidian adopted by king micipsa, the son and (since 148) successor to. Rome"s longstanding ally masinissa; jugurtha"s own father was a brother of micipsa who died prematurely. Micipsa had two songs of his own, both younger than jugurtha. Left the kingdom jointly to the three of them upon his death around 118. Hope of a working partnership soon dashed, especially after vvv. Micipsa"s sons complained of how jugurtha was placed above them. Consequently, jugurtha had one (hiempsal murdered and the other (adherbal) driven out of numidia. Adherbal then went to rome to ask for assistance an in 116 the senate dispatched a commision of inquiry headed by lucius opimius, the brutal consul of 121. It divided the kingdom, assigning the west jugurtha and the more developed east to adherbal.
