Aspar was a Numidian man who lived in the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE. He was sent by the Numidian king Jugurtha to the Mauretanian king Bocchus I in order to learn his plans, after it had become known that Bacchus had invited the Roman general Sulla to a conference. Aspar was, however, deceived, as Bocchus and Sulla both conspired to hold a series of sham meetings to feed false information to Aspar, who was told several misleading things about the true discussions with Sulla, while the pair met in secret at night.[1][2][3][4]
References
edit- ^ Sallust, Bellum Jugurthinum 108, 112
- ^ Long, George (1864). The Decline of the Roman Republic. Vol. 1. Bell & Daldy, York Street, Covent Garden. pp. 486–489.
- ^ Hildinger, Erik (2008). Swords Against the Senate: The Rise of the Roman Army and the Fall of the Republic. Hachette Books. pp. 107–108. ISBN 9780786741816.
- ^ Pollard, Alfred William (2024). The Catiline and Jugurtha of Sallust. Outlook Verlag. pp. 242–244. ISBN 9783385482654.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Aspar". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 386.