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Bocchus II

king of Mauretania
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John Moors Cabot Professor of History, Harvard University. Author of Roman Imperialism in the Late Republic and others.
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c. 33 bc

Bocchus II (died c. 33 bc) was the king of the eastern half of Mauretania in North Africa from 49 to c. 38 bc, when he became ruler of all Mauretania. He was a son of Bocchus I. Bocchus II and another son of Bocchus I, Bogud, succeeded their father to the rule of Mauretania about 50 bc. Bocchus ruled the part east of the Mulucha River (present-day Moulouya River in Morocco), Bogud the part west of it. They supported Julius Caesar against the Pompeians and King Juba I in Africa (48–46 bc). After Caesar’s victory at Thapsus (on the ...(100 of 165 words)

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