Bellum Iugurthinum 114

Marius' second consulship and triumph

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Iug. 114.1Per idem tempus advorsum Gallōs ab ducibus nostrīs Q. Caepiōne et M. Mānliō male pugnātum.About the same time a battle was lost against the Gauls by our generals Quintus Caepio and Marcus Manlius. Iug. 114.2Quō metū Ītalia omnis contremuerat.With fear of this all Italy had trembled. Iug. 114.2Illīque et inde ūsque ad nostram memoriam Rōmānī sīc habuēre, alia omnia virtūtī suae prōna esse, cum Gallīs prō salūte, nōn prō glōriā certāre.Both the Romans of that day and from then right down to our own time have held this view: that everything else was easy for their courage, but that with the Gauls they fought for survival, not for glory. Iug. 114.3Sed postquam bellum in Numidiā cōnfectum et Iugurtham Rōmam vinctum addūcī nūntiātum est, Marius cōnsul absēns factus est, et eī dēcrēta prōvincia Gallia, isque kalendīs Iānuāriīs magnā glōriā cōnsul triumphāvit.But after it was announced that the war in Numidia was over and that Jugurtha was being brought to Rome in chains, Marius was elected consul in his absence, and Gaul was decreed to him as his province, and on the first of January he celebrated a triumph as consul with great glory.

Iug. 114.4Et eā tempestāte spēs atque opēs cīvitātis in illō sitae.And at that time the hopes and resources of the state rested in him.

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per, prep, with ace.	through, by means of
īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron.	the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also
tempus, temporis, n.	time, season
adversum (prep. + acc.; also adversus)	against, opposite
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)	away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
dux, ducis, m. and f.	leader, commander
noster, -tra, -trum	our
quīntus, -a, -um	fifth
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
male, adv.	badly, ill
pugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	fight
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
metus, -ūs m.	fear, dread
omnis, -e	all, every
contremīscō, -ere, -tremuī	tremble all over, quake
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
que, enclitic conj.	and
inde (adv.)	from there; then
ūsque, adv.	all the time; ūsque ad, as far as, until; quō ūsque, see quō
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
memoria, -ae, f.	memory
Rōmānus, -a, -um	Roman
sīc, adv.	so, thus
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus	have, hold; consider
alius, -a, -ud	another, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others
virtūs, -tūtis, f.	manliness, courage, bravery
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
prōnus, -a, -um	leaning forward; inclined, prone (to)
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
cum, prep, with abl.	with
prō, prep. with abl.	before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for
salūs, salūtis, f.	safety, deliverance, escape
nōn, adv.	not
glōria, -ae, f.	glory
certō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	contend, compete, vie
sed, conj.	but
postquam, conj.	later than, after, when
bellum, -ī, n.	war
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
cōnficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus	make or do completely, complete, finish, accomplish, make; wear out
vinciō, vincīre, vinxī, vinctus	bind
addūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus	lead to, bring, take; induce, influence
nūntiō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	report, announce
cōnsul, -ulis m.	consul (one of Rome's two chief magistrates)
absēns, -entis	absent, away
faciō, facere, fēcī, factus	make, do; iter facere, see iter
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
dēcernō, -ere, dēcrēvī, dēcrētum	decide, decree
prōvincia, -ae f.	province; here, the Roman Province in southern Gaul
Kalendae, -ārum f. pl.	the Kalends (1st day of the month)
Iānuārius, -a, -um	of January (Kalendae Iānuāriae: 1 January)
magnus, -a, -um	large, big, great, mighty; loud
triumphō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	celebrate a triumph; exult
tempestās, -tātis, f.	weather; storm, tempest
spēs, speī, f.	hope
atque, ac (conj.)	and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
ops, opis f.; pl. opēs, -um	help; (pl.) resources, wealth, power
cīvitās, -tātis, f.	state
situs, -a, -um	placed, situated

Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum. Latin text: the Perseus digital text of Sallust's Jugurthine War, with chapter 79 onwards in part from A. W. Ahlberg (Teubner, 1919), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English translation and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.