Id facinus contra ius belli non avaritia neque scelere consulis admissum, sed quia locus Iugurthae opportunus, nobis aditu difficilis, genus hominum mobile, infidum, ante neque beneficio neque metu coercitum.
This deed in contravention of the right of war was committed not as a result of the consuls criminal greed but because the place was of advantage to Jugurtha and difficult of access for us, while the character of the populace was fickle, untrustworthy and previously kept in check neither by kindness nor by fear.
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