They demanded their discharge.

"I grant it, citizens" (_Quirites_), said the Imperator.

Heretofore he had always addressed them as "fellow soldiers," and the implied rebuke was so keen, that a reaction at once began, and they all begged to be received again into his service.

He accepted them, telling them that lands had been allotted to each soldier out of the _ager publicus_, or out of his own estates.
Africa must now be subdued.

Since the defeat and death of Curio, King JUBA had found no one to dispute his authority.