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The Bellum Iugurthinum is an historical monograph by the Roman author Sallust, published in or around 41 BC.[1] It describes the events of the Jugurthine War (112–106 BC) between the Roman Republic and King Jugurtha of Numidia. Sallust alleges that Jugurtha was able to repeatedly bribe corrupted Roman officials in the war, and thought that this was indicative of a broader moral decline in the late Republic. In this way, it is thematically similar to his earlier Bellum Catilinae. The Bellum Iugurthinum is the main historical source for the Jugurthine War.