16 necessariis (necesse) = friends. Cf. ἀναγκαῖοι (ἀνάγκη).

19 Iugurtha Sullae . . . traditur. Sulla is said to have been so proud of this stratagem that he had the scene engraved upon a signet-ring, an act of vainglory which estranged Marius from him. (Plutarch, Sulla, 3.)

Jugurtha. ‘Having resisted the whole power of the great Republic for six years, having kept his ground against the best generals of the time, against a Metellus, a Marius, and a Sulla, he was deluded by treacherous promises of peace and betrayed by his own ally and father-in-law.’—Ihne.

[B4]

[A.] Arpinum—Birthplace of Cicero and Marius.

237

Hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis et modo Romae

Municipalis eques, galeatum ponit ubique

Praesidium attonitis et in omni monte laborat.

. . . . . . . . . Sed Roma parentem,