Iug. 29.1Sed ubi Iugurtha per lēgātōs pecūniā temptāre bellīque, quod administrābat, asperitātem ostendere coepit, animus aeger avāritiā facile convorsus est.But when Jugurtha began through envoys to tempt him with money and to point out the harshness of the war he was conducting, his mind, sick with avarice, was easily turned. Iug. 29.2Cēterum socius et administer omnium cōnsiliōrum adsūmitur Scaurus, quī tametsī ā prīncipiō plērīsque ex factiōne eius corruptīs ācerrumē rēgem inpugnāverat, tamen magnitūdine pecūniae ā bonō honestōque in prāvom abstractus est.Moreover Scaurus was taken on as partner and assistant in all his plans; although at the beginning, when most of his party had been bribed, he had attacked the king most fiercely, he was nevertheless dragged away from the good and honourable into wickedness by the greatness of the sum. Iug. 29.3Sed Iugurtha prīmō tantummodo bellī redimēbat, existumāns sēsē aliquid interim Rōmae pretiō aut grātiā effectūrum.But Jugurtha at first was only buying off the war, thinking that meanwhile he would achieve something at Rome by bribery or influence. Iug. 29.3Posteā vērō quam participem negōtī Scaurum accēpit, in maxumam spem adductus recuperandae pācis statuit cum iīs dē omnibus pactiōnibus praesēns agere.But after he learned that Scaurus was a partner in the business, he was led into the greatest hope of recovering peace, and decided to negotiate with them in person about all the terms.
Iug. 29.4Cēterum intereā fideī causā mittitur ā cōnsule Sextius quaestor in oppidum Iugurthae Vagam.Meanwhile, as a pledge of good faith, the quaestor Sextius was sent by the consul to Jugurtha's town of Vaga. Iug. 29.4Quoius reī speciēs erat acceptiō frūmentī, quod Calpurnius palam lēgātīs imperāverat, quoniam dēditiōnis morā indūtiae agitābantur.The pretext for this was the receipt of grain, which Calpurnius had openly demanded of the envoys, since a truce was being observed while the surrender was delayed. Iug. 29.5Igitur rēx, utī cōnstituerat, in castra vēnit, ac pauca praesentī cōnsiliō locūtus dē invidiā factī suī atque utī in dēditiōnem acciperētur, reliqua cum Bēstiā et Scaurō sēcrēta trānsigit.So the king, as he had decided, came to the camp, and after speaking briefly before the council about the odium of his deed and asking to be received in surrender, he settled the rest in secret with Bestia and Scaurus. Iug. 29.5Dein posterō diē quasi per saturam sententiīs exquīsītīs in dēditiōnem accipitur.Then on the following day, the opinions having been sought, as it were, in a lump, he was received in surrender.
Iug. 29.6Sed, utī prō cōnsiliō imperātum erat, elephantī trīgintā, pecus atque equī multī cum parvō argentī pondere quaestōrī trāduntur.But, as had been ordered before the council, thirty elephants, many cattle and horses, together with a small weight of silver, were handed over to the quaestor. Iug. 29.7Calpurnius Rōmam ad magistrātūs rogandōs proficīscitur.Calpurnius set out for Rome to conduct the election of magistrates. Iug. 29.7In Numidiā et exercitū nostrō pāx agitābantur.In Numidia and in our army peace was kept.