Iugurtha ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit ac se suis artibus temptari animadvortit, quippe quoi verbis pax nuntiabatur, ceterum re bellum asperrumum erat, urbs maxuma alienata, ager hostibus cognitus, animi popularium temptati, coactus rerum necessitudine statuit armis certare.
When Jugurtha compared Metellus words with his actions and realized that he was being assailed with his own tactics'for ostensibly peace was being offered him, but in reality he was faced with the bitterest warfare, a major city removed from his control, his territory reconnoitered by the enemy, and the loyalty of his subjects tampered with'he decided to put arms to the test, forced as he was to do so by the necessity of circumstances.
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