Vos pro libertate, quam ab illis accepistis, nonne summa ope nitemini'atque eo vehementius, quo maius dedecus est parta amittere quam omnino non paravisse ? Dicet aliquis Quid igitur censes? Vindicandum in eos qui hosti prodidere rem publicam, non manu neque vi, quod magis vos fecisse quam illis adcidisse indignum est, verum quaestionibus et indicio ipsius Iugurthae.
Will you not, in defense of the liberty bequeathed to you, do everything in your power? And all the more fervently, acknowledging that it is a greater disgrace to lose what has been won than to never have acquired it. However, if someone asks, "What then do you advise?" My view is that the traitors who have surrendered their country to the enemy should be punished; not by force or violence, which is a less honorable act for you to commit than for them to undergo, but by the law and with Jugurtha's own testimony.