Igitur bello Numantino Micipsa quom populo Romano equitum atque peditum auxilia mitteret, sperans vel ostentando virtutem vel hostium saevitia facile eum occasurum, praefecit Numidis quos in Hispaniam mittebat.
Accordingly, when Micipsa sent cavalry and infantry to aid the Romans in their war with Numantia, he put Jugurtha in command of the Numidians whom he sent to Spain, hoping that he would easily perish either in displaying his valor or from the savagery of the foe.
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