The Jugurthine War (112-105 BC) | DOCUMENTARY (All Parts)

In 112 BC, Jugurtha, the adoptive son of the Numidian King Micipsa, usurped the Kingdom's throne. Numidia had been a loyal client state to the Roman Republic. The Republic could not let this coup go unanswered. The subsequent Jugurthine War became an epic conflict, seeing the rise of several great Roman military commanders such as Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
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Sources:
Balmaceda, Catalina, and Michael Comber. Sallust: The War Against Jugurtha. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Fox, Robin Lane. The classical world: An epic history of Greece and Rome. Penguin UK, 2006.
Levick, Barbara M. "Sulla's March on Rome in 88 BC." Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte H. 4 (1982): 503-508.
Kershaw, Stephen P. A Brief History of the Roman Empire. Hachette UK, 2013.
Matyszak, Philip. The Roman Empire. Oneworld Publications, 2014.
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Sampson, Gareth C., and Tim Cornell. The crisis of Rome: the Jugurthine and Northern Wars and the rise of Marius. Casemate Publishers, 2010.
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[@why.soooserious]

I am from Algeria, I'm so excited about this work and above all I'm deeply grateful for your efforts.

[@moexus]

Discipline and military experience in Roman army were the game changer. I THINK Jugurtha knew there was no way to defeat Rome, but chose to stand up and fight with whatever he's got that's why he offered third of his kingdom to Mauretania

[@auresdz4022]

هههه منين جبت هاذ الغباء الي راك تحكيه هو مؤتلسمش للرومان لاجل ارضه يرهنا لموريطانبا الطنحية تبرير الخيانة لبخوس بعلولكم الصغير لن يغير التاريخ ان بخوس خااااااااائن

[@stephengavin2208]

Imagine being in Sulla's shoes during the peace talks towards the end. Suspense would be an understatement.

[@nadjiguemarful]

Jugurtha gained Medals in Spain under Scipio and was a commander of Roman forces for the Empire. He was good friends with Scipios faction in Rome which explains why half of the Senate supported Jugurtha. Not because he Bribed them like Sullust says. Sullust was a Propagandist for the Marcian govt. A Numidian king doesn't have enough money to bribe Rome. That's plainly ridiculous.

[@iumrassenuzaawgen]

Yugurten ⵢⵓⴳⵔⵜⵏ latanized as 𝑱𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒂 , name meaning the 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏, literaly, He exceeded them, He prevaild over them, 🆈🆄🅶🆄🆁🆃🅴🅽 from the verb 🆄🅶🅰🆁: to exceed. The name meaning victory will allways be a winning chiose. He, can stand out by putting in a little extra effort, He like to play up strength, confident and seek excellence. Greetings from Berberland!

[@asickspartan2763]

You're the man. Thank you for continuously rolling out the high quality battle breakdowns! 🍻

[@dariusghodsi2570]

These longer docs are a great format for a full story. Wonderfully done

[@denniscleary7580]

I enjoyed all these when they were released and I will enjoy them all again now

[@TheButterBee74]

Great video as always ! I personally didn"t know much about this war, this vid helped a lot

[@DesertAres]

It’s terrific of you to wrap up the war in one episode. So many channels stuff theirs with minuscule facts and spurious comments. You got straight in and tell it flat out. Thank You!

[@zutrue]

The detail of "minuscule facts" often provides rich knowledge and understanding of the subject.

[@1108penguin]

This channel's animations and presentation improved a lot since last time I watched one of their videos! Nice work!

[@HoH]

Glad to hear that!

[@geordiejones5618]

This war and the Social War really revealed just how broken the Republic had become. Since the end of the First Punic War, the Romans had conducted themselves like every other empire, but the total corruption and hypocrisy in this war and against their own allies set up the arrogance and greed displayed for 50 years thereafter until only one major player remained. Augustus stood on the shoulders of an ambitious body that almost destroyed itself.

[@Hillbilly001]

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Pre imperial Rome.......now we're in my wheelhouse.....as always looking forward to your educated views on this period. All praise and thanks to the immortal gods for you and this channel and it's high quality content and presentation!!

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[@KHK001]

Great! Time to rewatch this!

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[@p03saucez]

Outstanding dude. I love Roman military history from the late republic era. Be sweet if you could do the Social War next.

[@caseyh1934]

Agreed. Whole period from the fall of Carthage to Ceaser is epic

[@jgillservices]

Great video on the war in Numidia. Thank you.

[@Barwasser]

First time I hear about this war, thanks a bunch!

[@guru47pi]

It is absolutely amazing how many Roman battles looked hopeless for them, only for Roman discipline to make the difference by preventing rout long enough for the Roman general to take the initiative in a few decisive minutes once the opponent's organization or supply chain failed.

[@michaelsurratt1864]

I would say at least 60% of their battles they were outnumbered two to one throughout the entire Roman history

[@amazighkarell7999]

My ancestors proud.

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[@demonblood8841]

Great that you covered this as the Jugurthine war seems overlooked by most (correct me if I'm wrong)

[@OhioDan]

Great presentation.

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I really hope you cover the Cimbrian War as well

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i would be happy if you cover the scythian, cymmerian and what they become later on

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i enjoyed this presentation whould be awsome if u could do a video with more content about the Maghreb region and more south

[@theambitious1271]

Thanks a lot

[@Curdle7]

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[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Three excellent Discipline war samples of Romans legends

[@Dylan-lw1xc]

You never see this covered on KZbin even though it was so influential in its time.

[@synkkamaan1331]

Finally! Someone covered the Jugurthine Wars! Outstanding sir! Do you have any more info on the Italian traitors that were killed by Jugurtha?

[@taliani...algerino8505]

⚔️🔥🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🔥⚔️Jugurtha, the fierce and gallant barbarian, executioner of the generals of the Roman Empire, Jugurtha, son of the ancient city of Cirta.

[@Zemkezis]

It's an interesting compilation on a less covered war. Sometimes the voice quality (especially the echo added to the read passages) makes it hard to hear what's said.

[@yoy909]

Jugurtha's cousins wanted to stay clients of Rome and searched to get ride of Jugurtha in murdering him so they started it first..while king Jugurtha wanted to ged ride of Rome

[@mostaphiofthekingjuba8204]

Civilization and the kingdom of Almasilin and the Numidians🇩🇿♓👑

[@mgigelli820]

"History is written by the victors, who will always be the judge, and the vanquished the accused”, which is most cruelly unfair. The Romans went on and completely destroyed almost everything related to the Punic civilization that of or the ancient Berbers; the Mauretanian (+/-Morocco), the Numedian (+/- Algeria)and the Carthaginian )+/- Tunisia) which is a shame because we will never know their version of the same events, such as how much was made up, and how much was wiped out by the Romans, unfortunately.

[@dimitrijejovanovic5939]

I had no idea about this war

[@MM22966]

Roman senator: "Wait, what is your qualification to be a military genius again? Jugurtha: "I'm rich."

[@Quartermoon193]

Exellence

[@Maverick02270]

Long live jugurtha

[@alannolan5126]

can u do a video of how silly Prepare for becoming the ruler of Rome

[@JosipRadnik1]

29:39 Jugurtha had a .303? What model? a MkIII" SMLE? 😀

[@luckiller019]

this makes me wonder, what was the most emberesing Roman war between defeat of Carthage and rise of Ceasar?

[@bingingbinging8597]

Cimbrian wars WITHOUT A DOUBT. They killed over 80 K ROMANS IN BATTLE

[@alexla7182]

My ancestors 😢

[@nostraoffice1486]

i would like to know what happened before cyrus the great invaded greece. is there any detalied history of that period? the period betweeen the bronze age collapse and the domination of greek city states and persian empire

[@user-wb4zv4ps3x]

"Anarez wala aneknu " YUGURTHEN. It means " we prefere to be broken than to kneel " JUGURTHA

[@starwarsfamilyguy0]

those berbers avoid direct combat huh?

[@Holybatman3603]

Numidians weren't a good infantry, they were good cavalry.

[@gnos887]

10:25 stroke of luck

[@lau5758]

u should try to talk while the map stays in screen. the most important below the data is the strategic perspective. tath means puting map in screen almoust full time. if you appear just a moment at the first 5 minuts of the video many of us take over the video.

[@mojojim6458]

Bequeathed has only two syllables,

[@jonny-b4954]

Jugurtha was just a boss, haha. I mean, within the world of this new superpower and his backwater kingdom just playing the game. Using the system against itself. Getting immunity, bribing, and doing some assassination on the way. After killing important Romans. Reminds me of Mithridates kind of.

[@yomommaahotoo264]

Can you do more stories of massacres of Indian armies?

[@allensacharov5424]

magnus lauda tibi!!

[@Malasorte1989]

WELL DONE FROM ROMANIA !

[@beachboy0505]

Excellent video 📹 Concise and logical. The entire North African peoples will have wait for the Islamic conquest 600 years later to throw off the slavery of Rome.

[@Jsk06201]

The romans got kicked out way before the arrival of the Muslims. Read history

[@fufu3539]

snails on the hill.

[@SIMORSSMOORS]

Please my brother talk about the Amazigh revolution in the year 739 743 AD

[@patrickchuan4550]

Jugurthine was not the man who challenged Rome for years, he was the man who brought Rome for years, laughing at the hypocrisy of the Roman political system, just as a pleb at that time would, just like a civilian of our time would at our own political system. Still, what he did was relying too much on said hypocrisy for far too long. He should have known, a bride doesn't pay everyone, and if he wish to pay bride, he has to pay everyone. Therefore, what had come to undo him is an army of people demanding for payment.

[@revenger8744]

Jugurtha the man who stroke fear into the hearts of the romans they had to decieve him to win 😂😂😂 if you ask me jugurtha is the actuall winner 🇩🇿😎

[@oskareriksson2202]

Winner of what...? He was carried in Rome in chain, dressed in dirty, wretched clothes, and in chain paraded in front of the chariot of Marius during the triumph, then was thrown in a hole underground of the mamertine jail, and strangled by a soldier. When they took him he was a refugee by now, wanted dead or alive... A miserabile end. And his Kingdom was split among other descendents of Massinissa who was loyal to Rome, who married with roman emperors lineage and become roman aristocrats. (With much advantage to them, and for their peoples too since the urbanization of the coastline, and the trade with Rome was source of wealth for the caravan merchants of inland. There was really no reason to fight against Rome for Jugurtha, he had many allieds within Roman senate, he could ovetthrown his cousins, and stay friend with Rome, but he tought he could kill Roman citizens without be punished, and this Is how It ended. Wanted in a desert like a rat, captured with deception, Chained, dressed like a punk, paraded trough Rome, thrown in a hole/jail in the ground of the most squallid prison of Rome, and strangled. Because the mamertine prison was a shit...no way with the treatment the nobles had usually with house arrests. It was a shit for criminals and enemies of the state. ). Vercingetorix too died there strangled years later, but at least he choosed to die so, when he surrendered to save the Life of his peoples After Alesia. (They Lost Freedom, the warriors was enslaved, but they saved their Life, to us this Is AN insult, but to them was a kind treatment After such brutal occupation warfare). There are other numidians and mauretanian rulers Who knew how to exploit Roman Alliance, and that prospered exploiting Rome. Jugurtha was the most dumb believe me...he wasted all the good results he had achieved in Spain when half Rome did support him.

[@beepboop204]

👍

[@Smiktozo-213]

You missed some details while you layed the grounds for the story. Like, you could have mentioned how Jugurtha sent the Romans of Albinus under the Yoke and humiliated Rome. It's actually the turning point. There were other details like a third cousin, Massiva, son of the Numidian general, Gulussa, he was another claimant to the throne who Jugurtha eventually assassinated, also in Rome. Besides, Micipsa left a long will which you didn't read. The Mapping is cool but the script is lacking from a Numidian point of view.

[@davidnguyen467]

I think you need a new mic, or move further away from the mic. It’s picking up your “ssss” too much

[@Jsk06201]

Sallust wasnt honest at all. He is making people think that rome was undefeatable, if boccus didnt betray jugurtha, the war would have continued for a long time. Rome promised the land to boccus to betray jugurtha, after he did, they kicked his ass. It's not strange, the betrayal was always coming from morocco.

[@user-ev5si3ib8x]

Sallustius was not honest neither neutral, He pictured the roman army (can't be defeated) as if he worked in hollywood, can't rely on him desperately...

[@Thomas_Name]

How the heck do you ambush a Roman army and lose the battle? LMAO Being slaughtered in ambushes is what Roman legions excel at.

[@capitalhistory8744]

I wanna know is Jugurtha black or white

[@lollius88]

Neither. He was a Berber North african

[@zakaria497]

Olive skinned, the same color as my face

[@nazdhillon994]

How the hell could a desert faction raise 90 000 soldiers ?

[@Holybatman3603]

The Germanic tribes could raise 200,000 men in Arausio, i don't see how Numidians couldn't raise 90,000 men. But you're probably right, in reality Jugurtha must have had only 40,000 men, equal to Marius and Sulla's troops and the battle ended in a heavy skirmish with high losses on both sides.

[@kolaxx7183]

WTF algeria is not a desert in the north

[@cracksmoker1506]

The green areas of North Africa are larger than the whole area of europe, maps now make europe bigger than it is

[@cracksmoker1506]

Rome is a tiny tiny land in comparison to numidias land (which is all grasslands and mountain)

[@amazighkarell7999]

Viva imazighen.

[@mohamed.choukri.dz.1639]

تحيا الجزائر بشكل عام

[@zakaria497]

@@mohamed.choukri.dz.1639this is Amazigh history, Jughurta spoke Tamazight not Arabic.

[@lollius88]

@@zakaria497 Ok and? He just said long love Algeria

[@markgarin6355]

Strange pronunciation

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