d his behaviour towards him, and resolved, if possible, to win his
affection by kindness. Accordingly he adopted him; and by his will, made
him joint-heir with his two sons. When he found his end approaching, he
sent for all three, and bid them draw near his bed, where, in presence of
the whole court he put Jugurtha in mind of all his kindness to him;
conjuring him, in the name of the gods, to defend and protect, on all
occasions, his children; who, being before related to him by the ties of
blood, were now become his brethren, by his (Micipsa's) bounty. He told
him,(941) that neither arms nor treasure constitute the strength of a
kingdom, but friends, who are not won by arms nor gold, but by real
services and inviolable fidelity. Now where (says he) can we find better
friends than our brothers? And how can that man, who becomes an enemy to
his relations, repose any confidence in, or depend on, strangers? He
exhorted his sons to pay the highest reverence to Jugurtha; and to dispute
no otherwise with him, than by their endeavour to equal, and, if possible,
to surpass his exalted merit. He concluded with entreating them to observe
for ever an inviolable attachment towards the Romans; and to consider them
as their benefactor, their patron, and master. A few days after this,
Micipsa expired.

(M148) Jugurtha soon threw off the mask, and began by ridding himself of
Hiempsal, who had expressed himself to him with great freedom, and
therefore he caused him to be murdered. This bloody action proved but too
evidently to Adherbal what he himself might naturally fear.(M149) Numidia
is now divided, and sides severally with the two brothers. Mighty armies
are raised by each party. Adherbal, after losing the greatest part of his
fortresses, is vanquished in battle, and forced to make Rome his asylum.
However, this gave Jugurtha no very great uneasiness, as he knew that
money was all-powerful in that city. He therefore sent deputies thither,
with orders for them to bribe the chief senators. In the first audience to
which they were introduced, Adherbal represented the unhappy condition to
which he was reduced, the injustice and barbarity of Jugurtha, the murder
of his brother, the loss of almost all his fortresses; but the
circumstance on which he laid the greatest stress was, the commands of his
dying father, _viz._ to put his whole confidence in the Romans; declaring,
that the friendship of this people would be a stronger support both