Iug. 13.1Cēterum fāma tantī facinoris per omnem Āfricam brevī dīvolgātur.But the report of so great a crime is soon spread throughout all Africa. Iug. 13.1Adherbalem omnīsque, quī sub imperiō Micipsae fuerant, metus invādit.Fear seizes Adherbal and all who had been under Micipsa's rule. Iug. 13.1In duās partīs discēdunt Numidae: plūrēs Adherbalem sequontur, sed illum alterum bellō meliōrēs.The Numidians split into two parties: the greater number follow Adherbal, but the better soldiers the other man. Iug. 13.2Igitur Iugurtha quam maxumās potest cōpiās armat, urbīs partim vī aliās voluntāte imperiō suō adiungit, omnī Numidiae imperāre parat.So Jugurtha arms the largest forces he can, adds cities to his rule, some by force, others by their consent, and prepares to rule all Numidia. Iug. 13.3Adherbal tametsī Rōmam lēgātōs mīserat, quī senātum docērent dē caede frātris et fortūnīs suīs, tamen frētus multitūdine mīlitum parābat armīs contendere.Adherbal, although he had sent envoys to Rome to inform the senate of his brother's murder and of his own fortunes, nevertheless, relying on the number of his soldiers, was preparing to contend in arms. Iug. 13.4Sed ubi rēs ad certāmen vēnit, victus ex proeliō profūgit in prōvinciam ac deinde Rōmam contendit.But when it came to a contest, he was defeated and fled from the battle into the province, and from there hastened to Rome.
Iug. 13.5Tum Iugurtha patrātis cōnsiliīs, postquam omnī Numidiā potiēbātur, in ōtiō facinus suom cum animō reputāns timēre populum Rōmānum neque advorsus īram eius usquam nisi in avāritiā nōbilitātis et pecūniā suā spem habēre.Then Jugurtha, his plans accomplished, once he was master of all Numidia, reflecting at leisure on his crime, began to fear the Roman people and to have no hope anywhere against its anger except in the greed of the nobility and his own money. Iug. 13.6Itaque paucīs diēbus cum aurō et argentō multō Rōmam lēgātōs mittit, Quīs praecipit, prīmum utī veterēs amīcōs mūneribus expleant, deinde novōs adquīrant, postrēmō quaecumque possint largiundō parāre nē cūnctentur.And so a few days later he sends envoys to Rome with much gold and silver, and instructs them first to satisfy his old friends with gifts, then to win new ones, and finally not to hesitate to secure by bribery whatever they could. Iug. 13.7Sed ubi Rōmam lēgātī vēnēre et ex praeceptō rēgis hospitibus aliīsque, quōrum eā tempestāte in senātū auctōritās pollēbat, magna mūnera mīsēre, tanta conmūtātiō incessit, ut ex maxumā invidiā in grātiam et favōrem nōbilitātis Iugurtha venīret.But when the envoys came to Rome and, in accordance with the king's instructions, sent great gifts to his hosts and to others whose influence was strong in the senate at that time, so great a change took place that Jugurtha passed from the greatest unpopularity into the goodwill and favour of the nobility.
Iug. 13.8Quōrum pars spē, aliī praemiō inductī singulōs ex senātū ambiundō nītēbantur, nē gravius in eum cōnsulerētur.Some of these, induced by hope, others by reward, strove by canvassing the senators one by one to prevent any harsher measure being decided against him. Iug. 13.9Igitur ubi lēgātī satis cōnfīdunt, diē cōnstitūtō senātus utrīsque datur.Accordingly, when the envoys feel confident enough, on an appointed day a hearing of the senate is given to both sides. Iug. 13.9Tum Adherbalem hōc modō locūtum accēpimus:Then, we are told, Adherbal spoke in this way: