 Complete the following phrase:  The wars prosecution involved the hands-on participation of two controversial Roman political and military leaders. Gaius Marius celebrated his triumph due to his success in finishing Romes long war against Jugurtha. A wealthy novus homo and populares, Marius was the first Roman general to enlist proletari landless citizens into his army; as a politician he was chosen Consul an unprecedented seven times 107, 104100, 86, but his career ended badly. On the opposing side politically, the optimate Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, later Consul 88, 80, and Dictator 8279, had served as quaestor under Marius in Numidia. In 106 Sulla had persuaded Bocchus I of Mauritania to hand over Jurgurtha, which ended the war. This conflict was later c. 40 BC described by the ancient Roman political writer Sallust 8635, in his well-known monograph 