Salvete omnes,
I've been reading Keaveney's "Sulla: the last Republican" recently, and he said something quite interesting; he said that, in the war against Jugurtha, Gaius Marius was given full diplomatic powers by the Senate to make a peace treaty with Bocchus of Mauretania. I've not heard of another example of this happening during the Republic. In fact, generals usually got rapped on the knuckles by the Senate if they presumed to negotiate a treaty themselves. Were there any other times that the Senate gave such far-reaching diplomatic powers to generals? If so, was it common occurrence, or a rare exception?
Many thanks!
Bene valete,
Marcus Scribonius Curio Agelastus.