 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Nepo Marius airatidzika kunge akatyora neCecilii Metelli panguva yake sa tribune uye praetor, iyo Metellii yaisaita kunge yakabata kuputsika uku kwaari zvakanyanya sekumupfuura kuti asarudzwe semumiriri mumatanho ekutanga eHondo yeJugurthine. Muna 109 BC, zvichida kuti awedzere mikana yake yekuva consul, Marius akabatana naQuintus Caecilius Metellus mumushandirapamwe wake kurwisa Jugurtha. Nhume legati pakutanga dzaingova nhume dzakatumwa neSeneti, asi varume vakagadzwa senhume neSeneti vaishandiswa nemauto ehondo sevatungamiriri vepasi, kazhinji vachiva lieutenant anovimbwa zvikuru nemukuru wehondo. Saka, Metellus aifanira kunge akakumbira dare reSeneti kuti rigadze Marius kuti ave mumiririri kuti abvumirwe kushanda somutevedzeri waMetellus. 