Ea tempestate in exercitu nostro fuere complures novi atque nobiles quibus divitiae bono honestoque potiores erant, factiosi domi, potentes apud socios, clari magis quam honesti, qui Iugurthae non mediocrem animum pollicitando adcendebant, si Micipsa rex occidisset, fore uti solus imperi Numidiae potiretur: in ipso maxumam virtutem, Romae omnia venalia esse.
At that time there were a great many in our army, both new men and nobles, who cared more for riches than for virtue and integrity; they were intriguers at home, influential with our allies, notorious rather than respected. These men fired Jugurthas not humble spirit by promising that if King Micipsa died, he would gain the sole power in Numidia, thinking that he possessed the greatest prowess, while at Rome everything was for sale.
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