Resumen de Sallusts's scipio: a preview of Aristocratic Superbia (Sal. Jug. 7.2-9.2)
Sallust's narrative of Jugurtha's youth and early military career includes the prince's service under Scipio Aemelianus in Numantia from 134–3 BCE. Sallust carefully shapes that narrative to portray Scipio as an exemplar and defender of the mos maiorum; however, the subtle and complex portrait also reveals his latent tendencies toward aristocratic prerogative that foreshadow the emergence of the virtuous Metellus' superbia in such a way as to help the reader accept that Metellus' superbia is not anomalous, but inherent within the Roman aristocratic character.
