Bogud
Bogud | |
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Reign | 49 BC to 38 BC |
Predecessor | Mastanesosus |
Successor | Bocchus II |
Born | Mauretania |
Died | 31 BC Methoni, Pieria |
Spouses | Eunoë |
Father | Mastanesosus |
Bogud (died 31 BC), son of King Mastanesosus of Mauretania,[1] was a Berber joint king of Mauretania with his elder brother Bocchus II, with Bocchus ruling east of the Moulouya River and his brother west. An important ally of Julius Caesar, Bogud later supported Mark Antony in the power struggle between Antony and Octavian. He was deposed by his brother and was killed at the siege of Methone prior to the Battle of Actium.
Biography
Early career
Bogud was married to Eunoë. At an unspecified time he mounted an expedition along the Atlantic coast, seemingly venturing into the tropics. When he returned he presented his wife with gigantic reeds and asparagus he had found on the journey.[2]
Support for Caesar
Both Bogud and Bocchus backed the
On Caesar's victory over the Pompeian forces led by
Spain
During
Support for Antony
After Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, the two Mauretanian rulers took opposite sides in the split that developed in the Caesarian forces. Bogud supported Mark Antony, while Bocchus stood by Octavian (later the emperor Augustus). About 38 BC, Bocchus seized Bogud's territory while Bogud was campaigning in Spain and forced him to flee to Antony in the east. Bocchus then became sole ruler of Mauretania and was so confirmed by Octavian. Bogud died in Antony's campaign in the War of Actium campaign, during the fighting at Methone. On his own death, King Bocchus II willed Mauretania to Octavian in 33 BC.
References
- ^ Encyclopédie Berbère - Bocchus. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ Duane W Roller; The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene: Royal Scholarship on Rome's African Frontier - page: 57
- ^ Theodore Ayrault Dodge, Caesar, a History of the Art of War among the Romans Down to the End of the Roman Empire, with a Detailed Account of the Campaigns of Caius Julius Caesar. Volume 2, Biblo and Tannen, New York, 1963, p.639.
- ^ John Hazel, Who's Who in the Roman World, Routledge, London, 2001, p.38.
- ^ Richard D. Weigel, Lepidus: The Tarnished Triumvir, Routledge, New York, 1992, p.28.