 The following year the consul Spurius Postumius Albinus succeeded the command against the Numidian king, but he let himself be bribed too.Spurius's brother, Aulus Postumius Albinus, allowed Jugurtha to lure him into the desolate wilds of the Sahara, where the cunning Numidian king, who had reportedly bribed Roman officers to facilitate his attack, was able to catch the Romans at a disadvantage.Half the Roman army were killed, and the survivors were forced to pass under the yoke in a disgraceful symbolism of surrender.