Eius sectam Metellus secutus, cum exercitum in Africa Iugurthino bello nimia Sp. Albini indulgentia corruptum consul accepisset, omnibus imperii nervis ad revocandam pristinae disciplinam militiae conisus est: nec singulas partes apprehendit sed totam continuo in suum statum redegit: protinus namque lixas e castris summovit, cibumque coctum venalem proponi vetuit: in agmine neminem militum ministerio servorum iumentorumque, ut arma sua et alimenta ipsi ferrent, uti passus est: castrorum subinde locum mutavit: eadem, tamquam Iugurtha semper adesset, vallo fossaque aptissime cinxit.
Metellus followed in his wake. Taking over as Consul an army in Africa during the Jugurthine War which had been corrupted by the overindulgence of Sp. Albinus, he strained every nerve of command to recall military discipline as it had formerly been. He did not catch hold of this part or that but brought the whole of it back to rights at one stroke. For he immediately banished sutlers from camp and forbade the exhibition of cooked food for sale. On the march he allowed no soldier to use the service of slaves or pack animals, making them carry their arms and rations themselves. He frequently moved his camps, and surrounded them with rampart and moat in the most approved style, as though Jugurtha were always close by.
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