Bogud, son of King Bocchus

Bocchus

Bocchus is the name of 2 kings of Mauretania.* Bocchus I* Bocchus II...

 of Mauretania

Mauretania

Mauretania is a part of the historical Ancient Libyan land in North Africa. It corresponds to present day Morocco and a part of western Algeria...

 (who was born about 110 BC), was joint king of Mauretania

Mauretania

Mauretania is a part of the historical Ancient Libyan land in North Africa. It corresponds to present day Morocco and a part of western Algeria...

 with his elder brother Bocchus II

Bocchus II

Bocchus II was king of Mauretania. Son of Bocchus I , who was dead in 49 BC, in the early years of Bocchus reign, Mauretania was jointly ruled between Bocchus and his younger brother Bogud, with Bocchus ruling east of the Mulucha River and his brother west. As enemies of the senatorial party,...

, with Bocchus ruling east of the Mulucha River and his brother west. Both kings backed the Roman

Ancient Rome

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 general Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....

 in his struggle against the supporters of Pompey the Great in Africa (49–45), and, on Caesar's victory over Pompey

Pompey

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, also known as Pompey or Pompey the Great , was a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic...

 at Thapsus (on the coast of modern Tunisia) in 46, Bocchus was given control of much of Numidia

Numidia

Numidia was an ancient Berber kingdom in part of present-day Eastern Algeria and Western Tunisia in North Africa. It is known today as the Chawi-land, the land of the Chawi people , the direct descendants of the historical Numidians or the Massyles The kingdom began as a sovereign state and later...

 taken from Juba

Juba I of Numidia

Juba I of Numidia was a King of Numidia. He was the son and successor to King of Numidia Hiempsal II.- Family :...

. After Caesar had been assassinated in 44, the two Mauretanian rulers took opposite sides in the split that developed in the Caesarian forces. Bogud supported Mark Antony

Mark Antony

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, while Bocchus stood by Octavian

Augustus

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 (later the emperor Augustus). About 38, Bocchus seized Bogud's territory while Bogud was campaigning in Spain

Spain

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and forced him to flee to Antony in the east. Bocchus then became sole ruler of Mauretania and was so confirmed by Octavian. On his death king Bocchus II willed Mauretania to Octavian in 33 BCE.
He was married to Eunoë, who was supposedly one of Caesar's lovers.