Juba

Family: unknown · Role: king · First appears: The Civil War, Book II, 20–25

In Book II of the Civil War, Juba sent Numidian horse and foot to Utica as auxiliaries under Publius Attius Varus. His father had been friends with Pompey, while Juba was at feud with Caius Curio, who had proposed making the kingdom public property. Curio’s forces defeated Juba’s advancing troops; afterward, word came that Juba was marching toward Utica with considerable forces.

After Sabura, his commander-in-chief, reported the night battle, Juba sent him two thousand Spanish and Gallic horse. Reinforced by Juba’s troops, Sabura defeated Curio’s army. The next day Juba claimed the surrendered cohorts as booty, ordered most put to the sword, and sent a few soldiers home to his realm. Though Publius Attius Varus complained that Juba had insulted his honour, he did not dare oppose him.

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Curio's forces defeated Juba's advancing troops, killing many of their infantry.(The Civil War, Book II, 26–31 · 📍 Utica)
- With: Caius Curio
- “The horse began the battle: and before the legions could be completely marshalled and take their ground, the king's entire forces being thrown into disorder and confusion, because they had marched without any order, and were under no apprehensions, betake themselves to flight: almost all the enemy's horse being safe, because they made a speedy retreat into the town along the shore, Caesar's soldiers slay a great number of their infantry.”
Juba sent word that he was marching toward Utica with considerable forces.(The Civil War, Book II, 32–37 · 📍 Utica)
- “couriers, who had been sent forward, arrived from king Juba, with the intelligence that he was on his march, with considerable forces”
Juba sent reinforcements to Sabura after learning of the night battle.(The Civil War, Book II, 38–44)
- With: Sabura
- “Juba, being informed by Sabura of the battle in the night, sent to his relief two thousand Spanish and Gallic horse”
Curio’s army was defeated in battle by the forces commanded by Sabura, reinforced by Juba.(The Civil War, Book II, 38–44)
- With: Caius Curio Sabura
- “The enemy's troops were frequently reinforced by assistance sent from Juba; strength began to fail our men through fatigue”
Juba claimed the surrendered cohorts as booty and ordered most of them put to the sword.(The Civil War, Book II, 38–44 · 📍 Utica)
- “But Juba, the next day having spied their cohorts before the town, claimed them as his booty, and ordered a great part of them to be put to the sword;”
Juba selected a few of the surrendered soldiers and sent them home to his realm.(The Civil War, Book II, 38–44 · 📍 Utica)
- “a few he selected and sent home to his own realm.”

The Civil War, Book II, 20–25

enemies with Caius Curio “There was a friendship subsisting between his Juba's father and Pompey, and a feud between him and Curio, because he, when a tribune of the people, had proposed a law, in which he endeavoured to make public property of the kingdom of Juba.”
subordinate: Publius Attius Varus “And at the same time Varus had detached as a guard for them six hundred Numidian horse, and four hundred foot, which king Juba had sent to Utica as auxiliaries a few days before.”
friends with Pompey “There was a friendship subsisting between his Juba's father and Pompey, and a feud between him and Curio, because he, when a tribune of the people, had proposed a law, in which he endeavoured to make public property of the kingdom of Juba.”

The Civil War, Book II, 26–31

enemies with Caius Curio (Juba sent forces marching against Curio.) “the horse upon guard brought him word that a large supply of horse and foot sent by king Juba were on their march to Utica”

The Civil War, Book II, 32–37

enemies with Caius Curio “But when he found out, from undoubted authority, that his forces were less than twenty miles distant from Utica, abandoning his works, he retired to the Cornelian camp.”

The Civil War, Book II, 38–44

subordinate: Sabura “Sabura, his commander-in-chief, who had been sent with a small force, was drawing near to Utica.”
enemies with Caius Curio “Juba, being informed by Sabura of the battle in the night, sent to his relief two thousand Spanish and Gallic horse, which he was accustomed to keep near him to guard his person, and that part of his infantry on which he had the greatest dependence, and he himself followed slowly after with the rest of his forces and forty elephants, suspecting that as Curio had sent his horse before, he himself would follow them.”
enemies with Publius Attius Varus “Although Varus complained that his honour was insulted by Juba, yet he dare not oppose him:”

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Extracted from the original text of Caesar's Commentaries — The Gallic War and The Civil War. Made with Rho MD.