Denique regi patefecit, quod polliceatur, senatum et populum Romanum, quoniam armis amplius valuissent, non in gratiam habituros; faciundum ei aliquid quod illorum magis quam sua retulisse videretur; id adeo in promptu esse, quoniam copiam Iugurthae haberet.
Finally, he made it clear to the king that the senate and Roman people would not consider that which he was promising worthy of gratitude, inasmuch as they had shown themselves his superior in arms; that he must do something that would be viewed as having been more to their advantage than his own; such an act was indeed quite ready to hand inasmuch as he had access to Jugurtha;
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