The Roman army had until 104 BCE…

The Roman army had until 104 BCE been a well-trained, well-regulated militia of all able-bodied, landowning male citizens.

Because of the destruction of the Roman force at Arausio and the pressure of the impending crisis, Marius is now given the latitude to construct a new army on his own terms.

Jugurtha, brought to Rome in chains, is paraded through the streets in Gaius Marius' Triumph after which his royal robes are removed and his earrings ripped off.

He loses an earlobe in the process.

He is then thrown into the Tullianum, a prison (carcer) located in the Forum Romanum, where he dies of starvation in 104 BCE.

He is survived by his son Oxyntas, who is sent to the town of Venusia, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata, where he will remain until 89 BCE.