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Boccus of Media

Boccus of Mede
Blocus, Boclus, Bocus, Bokke, Bouclus

The King of Media who served the Roman Procurator Lucius.

Lucius called upon him to join Rome’s war against Arthur. He led a force of soldiers at the battle of Soissons, where he killed or badly wounded Bedivere, and was slain by Bedivere’s nephew.


Sources
Historia Regum Britanniae | Geoffrey of Monmouth, c. 1138
Roman de Brut | Wace, c. 1155
Brut | Layamon, late 12th century to mid-13th century
Vulgate Merlin | 1220-1235