The war's prosecution involved the hands-on participation of two controversial Roman political and military leaders. Gaius Marius celebrated his "triumph" due to his success in finishing Rome's long war against Jugurtha. A wealthy "novus homo" and "populares", Marius was the first Roman general to enlist "proletari" (landless citizens) into his army; as a politician he was chosen Consul an unprecedented seven times (107, 104–100, 86), but his career ended badly. On the opposing side politically, the "optimate" Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, later Consul (88, 80), and Dictator (82–79), had served as quaestor under Marius in Numidia. In 106 Sulla had persuaded Bocchus I of Mauritania to hand over Jurgurtha, which ended the war. This conflict was later (c. 40 BC) described by the ancient Roman political writer Sallust (86–35), in his well-known monograph "Belum Jugurthinum".