Editing History of Algeria (section)

=== War With Rome ===
By 112 BC, [[Jugurtha]] resumed his war with Adherbal. He incurred the wrath of Rome in the process by killing some Roman businessmen who were aiding Adherbal. After a brief war with Rome, Jugurtha surrendered and received a highly favourable peace treaty, which raised suspicions of bribery once more. The local Roman commander was summoned to Rome to face corruption charges brought by his political rival [[Gaius Memmius (proconsul of Macedonia)|Gaius Memmius]]. Jugurtha was also forced to come to Rome to testify against the Roman commander, where Jugurtha was completely discredited once his violent and ruthless past became widely known, and after he had been suspected of murdering a Numidian rival.

War broke out between Numidia and the [[Roman Republic]] and several legions were dispatched to North Africa under the command of the Consul [[Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus]]. The war dragged out into a long and seemingly endless campaign as the Romans tried to defeat Jugurtha decisively. Frustrated at the apparent lack of action, Metellus' lieutenant [[Gaius Marius]] returned to Rome to seek election as Consul. Marius was elected, and then returned to Numidia to take control of the war. He sent his Quaestor [[Sulla]] to neighbouring Mauretania in order to eliminate their support for Jugurtha. With the help of [[Bocchus I]] of Mauretania, Sulla captured Jugurtha and brought the war to a conclusive end. Jugurtha was brought to Rome in chains and was placed in the [[Tullianum]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Telford |first=Lynda |url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL29733672M/Sulla |title=Sulla: A Dictator Reconsidered |date=2014 |publisher=Pen & Sword Books Limited |isbn=978-1-4738-3450-7|ol=29733672M }}</ref>

Jugurtha was executed by the Romans in 104 BC, after being paraded through the streets in Gaius Marius' Triumph.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Connolly |first1=Peter |url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL34723389M/Hutchinson_Dictionary_of_Ancient_and_Medieval_Warfare |title=Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Warfare |last2=Gillingham |first2=John |last3=Lazenby |first3=John |date=2016 |publisher=Taylor & Francis Group|ol=34723389M }}</ref>