What caused the Jugurthine war?
The Jugurthine War (112-106 BCE) was a conflict between the Roman Republic and its former ally, the North African kingdom of Numidia. The war was sparked when a co-ruler of Numidia, Jugurtha, began killing his cousins and seizing power. How did the Jugurthine war end? Jugurtha was thrown into an underground prison (the Tullianum) in…