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Bocchus II

d. 33 BCE · 1st century BCE

Bocchus II was king of Mauretania, ruling its eastern part from around 49 BCE and the whole kingdom after expelling his brother Bogud in 38 BCE. He supported Julius Caesar and then Octavian in the Roman civil wars. When he died in 33 BCE without heirs he left Mauretania to Rome, and in 25 BCE Augustus gave it to Juba II.

Bocchus II
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Kingdom of Mauretania

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