On Caesar's victory over the Pompeian forces led by Metellus Scipio at the Battle of Thapsus (on the coast of modern Tunisia) in 46 BC, Bocchus was given control of much of Numidia taken from Juba.
The victory of Caesar over the Pompeian army under Metellus Scipio at the Battle of Thapsus (in present-day Tunisia) in 46 BC led to Bocchus being assigned control of a significant portion of Numidia that had been seized by Juba.