The main part of the theatrical play “Yugurten”, recounting the life and resistance of the Numidian king Jugurtha, was presented at the Kateb Yacine Regional Theater in Tizi-Ouzou. The play was produced by the Thighri Umezgun association based on a text by Mohamed Ameziane Bourbia and directed by Lyes Arab. It traces the struggles of Jugurtha against Roman power. The play “Yugurten” aims to transmit and preserve Algerian national memory and history, while promoting historical figures like Jugurtha.
Jugurtha, grandson of the Numidian king Massinissa and ruler of Cirta (present-day Constantine), had rebelled against Rome, leading a seven-year war (111-105 BC). He was betrayed by his father-in-law, Bocchus, king of the Moors.