imprisoned in Rome, while the Romans and Bocchus divided Jugurtha's Numidian kingdom between them.

Etymology of his name

A. Pellegrin suggests that the name Bocchus is only the Latin form of a Berber name, possibly Wekkus. This name may be related to the Touareg "Aweqqas", which means "lion", or, in the local Aokas dialect, "shark", and can be used as a male name. Several locations in North Africa bear etymologically related

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