people
Italians
also: Italici, togati
The resident Roman and Italian traders (the 'toga-clad') doing business in Numidia; their defense held Cirta, and their massacre after its surrender forced Rome's hand.
Reading notes
- The Jugurthine War §21 toga-clad Romans
Latin togati: the resident Roman and Italian businessmen in Cirta, whose defense held the town and whose later massacre forced Rome into the war.
- The Jugurthine War §26 the Italians
The Roman and Italian traders defending Cirta; trusting in Rome's name they urged surrender, and were slaughtered with Adherbal.
- The Jugurthine War §40 Italian allies
The non-Latin allied communities of Italy; with the Latins they lobbied against the Mamilian inquiry that menaced their noble patrons.