According to Sallust, who relates the details of the Jugurthine War between Jugurtha and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus to possess Beja, Beja was the wealthiest warehouse of the kingdom and the center of intense commerce.
War broke out between Numidia and the Roman Republic and several legions were dispatched to North Africa under the command of the Consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus.
Quintus Fabius Maximus | Quintus Aurelius Symmachus | Quintus Roscius Gallus | Quintus Mucius Scaevola | Quintus Curtius Rufus | Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus | Caecilius Statius | Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur | Quintus Labienus | Quintus | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II) | Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus | Quintus Valerius Pompey | Quintus Tineius Sacerdos Clemens | Quintus Terentius Scaurus | Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus | Quintus Servilius Pudens | Quintus Servilius Caepio | Quintus Poppaedius Silo | Quintus Pompeius Falco | Quintus Petillius Cerialis | Quintus Pedius Publicola | Quintus Pedius | Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex | Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 45 BC) | Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer (consul) | Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer | Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus | Quintus Caecilius Iucundus | Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus |