De Derde Punische Oorlog: Het Jaar 148 BCE

Samenvatting Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus en Marcus Claudius Marcellus sterven; Koning Masinissa van de Numidiërs sterft; Scipio Aemilianus verdeelt zijn gebied onder zijn drie wettige zonen, Micipsa, Gulussa en Mastanabal; Manius Manilius leidt een tweede expeditie naar Nepheris en behaalt wederom geen succes; Himilco Phameas loopt over naar Rome; De consul…

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The Rise of Marius and Jugurtha: The Years 120-118 BCE

Summary The people’s tribune Quintus Decius puts the former consul Lucius Opimius on trial for executing Gaius Gracchus’ supporters without trial; Opimius is acquitted (120 BCE); Gaius Marius is elected people’s tribune (120 BCE); A law tabled by the people’s tribune Lucius Calpurnius Bestia allows the former consul Publius Popilius…

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The Third Punic War: The Year 148 BCE

Summary Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Marcus Claudius Marcellus die; King Masinissa of the Numidians dies; Scipio Aemilianus divides his territories among his three legitimate sons, Micipsa, Gulussa and Mastanabal; Manius Manilius leads a second expedition to Nepheris and is again unsuccessful; Himilco Phameas defects to Rome; The consul Lucius Calpurnius…

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