tisidium

Updated: May 31, 2025

Some of these prisoners had their hands cut off; others were buried in the earth up to their waists, were then made a target for arrows and darts, and were finally burnt with fire before the breath had left their bodies. The final order concerned Jugurtha himself, He was required to repair to a place named Tisidium, there to wait for orders. The confidence of the king now began to waver.

A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge - A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate