8/27 So unequal a conflict lasted longer than could have been expected; at length Ma'rius and his party were obliged to seek safety by flight, after having vainly offered liberty to the slaves who would assist them. Was this internal degeneracy of the Roman people accompanied by ill success abroad? What signal victory did they obtain, and who was Jugurtha? By what means did he obtain the crown? How did he propitiate the Romans? |