[872] Strabo l.c.
[873] Sall. Jug. 65. 1 Morbis confectus et ob eam causam mente paulum inminuta. We are not told that he was in this condition before Micipsa's death; but it is perhaps the reason why the king left him only "heir in remainder" (secundum heredem) to the crown. Another aspirant appears later on in the person of Massiva son of Gulussa (Sall. Jug. 35. i), but this prince may not have been born, or may have been an infant, at the time when Jugurtha was recognised as a possible successor. It is possible that Massiva may have been mentioned as one of the supplementary heirs in Micipsa's will, although Sallust does not inform us of the fact.
[874] Sall. Jug. 6. 1.
[875] Sall. Jug. 6. 2.
[876] Ibid. 7. 6.
[877] Sall. Jug. 8. 1.
[878] Ibid. 8. 2.
[879] Sall. Jug. 9. 1.
[880] Statimque eum adoptavit et testamento pariter cum filiis heredem instituit (Ibid. 9. 3).
[881] Ibid. 10.