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Bocchus I

Name: Seneca Entire
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Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Bocchus

also: Boccho

King of Mauretania who sent javelin-throwers for Sulla's lion spectacle; father-in-law of Jugurtha whom he betrayed to Rome.

Reading notes

On the Shortness of Life §13.6 Bocchus
Bocchus I of Mauretania, who supplied the javelin-throwers for Sulla's lions.

On the Shortness of Life phil · 1 mention