He was probably a son of Bocchus I. At the time that BocchusII succeeded to power, he ruled that part of Mauretania east of the Mulucha River (Moulouya River in northeastern Morocco), while his brother, Bogud, controlled western Mauretania.
Bhaskara II was born in 1114 in Biddur, India.
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Tradition ascribed to him the capture of the maritime town of Helos, which resisted his attempt to curtail its guaranteed rights, and the institution of the class of serfs called Helots.
He succeeded his father, probably in 427 BC, and from his first invasion of Attica, Greece in 425 BC down to the close of the Peloponnesian War was the chief leader of the Spartan operations on land.
Antipater marched rapidly to its relief at the head of a large army, and the allied force was defeated after a desperate struggle (331) and Agis was slain.
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Bocchus again made overtures to the Romans, and after an interview with Sulla, who was Marius's
Bocchus concluded a treaty with the Romans, and a portion of Numidia was added to his kingdom.
A.D. says that Bocchus sent his sons to support Sextus Pompeius in Spain, while Bogud fought on the side of Caesar, and there is no doubt that after Caesar's death Bocchus supported Octavian, and Bogud Antony.
The name corresponds to the kingdom of the Mauri, Mauretania, which its last king BocchusII willed to Octavian in 33 BCE, after which it became the Roman province of Mauretania.
In the meantime, the tide of Islamic conquest had rolled not just westward to Spain, but also eastward, through India, the Malayan peninsula, and Indonesia, up to Mindanao, one of the major islands of an archipelago, which the Spanish had reached during their voyages westward from the New World.
By 1521, the ships of Magellan had themselves reached that island archipelago, which they named the Philippines, after Philip II of Spain.
Between 108 and 105 King Bocchus I of Mauretania sided with the ROmans against his son-in-law Jugurtha of Numidia, parts of whose territory he was allowed to annex.
During the Civil War between Julius Caesar and the Pompeians (49-46), the Mauretanian kings BocchusII and Bogud (in the eastern and western parts of the country respectively) supported Caesar, and the former was rewarded with additional territory.
Meanwhile, after Bocchus, too, had died in 33, Octavian annexed the whole of Mauretania and established half a dozen military colonies on its territory.
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The Roman influence became paramount, and Augustus, having met opposition in restoring Juba II (see under Juba I) to the throne of Numidia, placed him instead (25 b.c.) as ruler of Mauretania.
Cleopatra--Queen, Consort Of Juba Ii, King Of Mauretania--B. Juba--Ii--King Of Mauretania--Ca.
Veterans of the Roman army given land...33 BC Death of King Bocchus of Mauretania; Mauretania taken over by Roman administrators...
Nevertheless, it is a fair record of what people in Imperial times believed regarding the origins of the state, and as such, it very likely preserves some genuine recollection of early tribal rulers.
With Romulus (II) and his twin Remus, and the traditional founding of the City of Rome, the list takes on a firmer, more historical character.
The Republic was an elaborately structured balance of powers, consisting basically of a Senate presided over by dual Consuls, elected for one year terms.
THE next topic of inquiry relates to the communication of punishment, as inflicted upon accomplices, who, in that capacity, cannot be said to be punished for the guilt of others, but for their own.
Sylla too, as Sallust informs us, urged Bocchus to deliver up Jugurtha, and by so doing to relieve the Romans from the bitter necessity of implicating Him for his erroneous conduct in the same guilt with that most desperate villain.
Thus the heir will be liable to pay the costs awarded by a judgment after a contested suit, which is considered in the light of a contract.
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Livré aux Romains par son allié Bocchus, il fut emmené à Rome et périt en prison.
A l'occasion d'une fête religieuse qui se tint dans l'île de Samothrace, Philippe II de Macédoine rencontra l'orpheline et s'éprit d'elle.
Compagnon de Philippe II de Macédoine, il l'assassina au cours d'un festin pour des motifs non éclaircis mais certainement d'ordre politique ou diplomatique (336).
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Sulla proved himself both capable and ingenious as Marius' second-in-command, and it was Sulla's bold stroke that, in effect, gave Marius the victory he craved.
In 105, Bocchus, king of Mauretania (and father-in-law to Iugurtha, with whom he had allied) apparently sent out feelers to the Romans that he would betray Iugurtha in return for the blessings of peace and Roman support.
Sulla, at Bocchus' insistence, traveled alone and behind the lines to meet with the disgruntled king and managed to pull off a coup d'etat by which Bocchus betrayed Iugurtha and handed him over to Sulla.
Massacres and the sale of entire female populations of the cities into slavery needless to say, did not leave a good impression of the Romans on the Numidian population.
By 46 BCE Juba II was defeated by Caesar.
His territory is divided and when BocchusII willed Mesopotamia to Octavian in 33 BCE, most of North Africa was in Roman control.
King Bocchus of Mauretania (ruled from before 110 BC to after 92 BC) annexed much of coastal Algeria in 105 BC, but the two territories were later split again, with the border at the Moulouya River.
To aid Antony's side in the civil wars of Rome, King Bogud invaded Spain several times starting in 48 BC; in 38 BC, his brother King BocchusII, by then ruling most of coastal Algeria and allied with Octavian, annexed Bogud's lands.
After BocchusII died, the united territory was ruled by Rome 33 BC to 25 BC, and then, from Algeria, by "Mauretanian" kings again until AD 40, but with Roman colonies present (notably Banasa) and under Roman tutelage.
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Marius negotiated with Bocchus father-in-law of Jugurtha for an alliance
His revolutionary and unconstitutional methods were professedly used on behalf of the traditional regime and not in the pursuit of personal power, but they inevitably set an example to later ambitious dynasts." [Bowder, Who Was Who in the Roman World, pp.
, the Romans continued to apply pressure on Jugurtha, who was being supported by his father-in-law, Bocchus, king of Mauretania.
Jugurtha was captured (106 &BC;) when Bocchus betrayed him, and he was put to death in prison in Rome.
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Ce statut, elle le doit à des rois comme Bocchus 1er (mort en -80), grand ami de Sylla, et ses fils Bogud et BocchusII.
En l'an 25 avant J.-C., Auguste installe à la tête d'une Maurétanie agrandie des anciennes possessions de Bogud, le fils de Juba I qui devint un des rois les plus célèbres de l'antiquité nord-africaine : Juba II.
A la mort de Juba II (en 23 ou 24), son fils lui succéda et régna pendant dix-sept ans sur la Maurétanie en laissant le gouvernement aux mains de ses affranchis.