Juba
Person
Juba’s forces and relationship to Roman commanders shape the African episode of Civil War. The account connects his hostility to Curio with earlier political conduct and places his general Saburra within the battle narrative. This is a Roman participant’s explanation of the king’s intervention.
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Editorial evidence: Civil War 2.25 · Civil War 2.38
Civil War 1.6
Caesar
… A motion is also proposed that King Juba should be styled Ally and Friend. …
Alexandrian War 51
Pseudo-Caesar; authorship disputed
Meanwhile he received despatches from Caesar bidding him bring an army across to Africa and, passing through Mauretania, come to the territory of Numidia for Juba had sent large reinforcements for Cn. Pompeius and would, it was thought, send larger ones. …
Civil War 2.25
Caesar
… Hither he sends the cavalry to seize and retain it as booty, and at the same time to protect this property six hundred Numidian horsemen and four hundred foot-soldiers, whom King Juba had sent to Utica byway of aid a few days before, are dispatched from the town by Varus. …
Explicit source relations
- Juba — king and general — Saburra · Dossier · Civil War 2.38
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Civil War 1.6 · Civil War 2.25 · Civil War 2.36 · Civil War 2.38 · Civil War 2.40 · Civil War 2.43 · Civil War 2.44 · Alexandrian War 51