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Bocchus


1.

A king of Mauretania, and fatherin-law of Iugurtha (q.v.), with whom at first he made war against the Romans, but whom he afterwards delivered up to Sulla , the quaestor of Marius, B.C. 106.


2.

The son of the preceding, who took part in the Civil Wars. He was confirmed in his kingdom by Augustus.

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