Bellum Iugurthinum 112

Iug. 112.1At rēx posterō diē Asparem, Iugurthae lēgātum, appellat dīcitque sibi per Dabarem ex Sullā cognitum posse condiciōnibus bellum pōnī: quam ob rem rēgis suī sententiam exquīreret ille laetus in castra Iugurthae proficīscitur.But the next day the king addresses Aspar, Jugurtha's envoy, and says that he has learned from Sulla through Dabar that the war could be ended on terms: he should therefore find out his king's opinion; Aspar sets out joyfully for Jugurtha's camp. Iug. 112.2Deinde ab illō cūncta ēdoctus properātō itinere post diem octāvum redit ad Bocchum et eī nūntiat Iugurtham cupere omnia quae imperārentur facere, sed Mariō parum cōnfīdere;Then, fully instructed by him, he hastened his journey and eight days later returns to Bocchus and reports to him that Jugurtha was eager to do everything that was ordered, but had little confidence in Marius; Iug. 112.2saepe anteā cum imperātōribus Rōmānīs pācem conventam frūstrā fuisse.often before, peace agreed with Roman commanders had come to nothing. Iug. 112.3Cēterum Bocchus sī ambōbus cōnsultum et ratam pācem vellet, daret operam, ut ūnā ab omnibus quasi dē pāce in conloquium venīrētur, ibique sibi Sullam trāderet.But if Bocchus wished to consult the interests of both and to have a ratified peace, he should arrange for all to come together to a conference as if about peace, and there hand Sulla over to him.

Iug. 112.3Quom tālem virum in potestātem habuisset, tum fore utī iussū senātūs aut populī foedus fieret;When he had such a man in his power, then a treaty would be made by order of the senate or people; Iug. 112.3neque hominem nōbilem nōn suā ignāviā sed ob rem pūblicam in hostium potestāte relictum īrī.a man of noble birth would not be left in the enemy's power when he had fallen into it not through his own cowardice but in the service of the state.