1st Edition
The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene Royal Scholarship on Rome's African Frontier
By Duane W Roller
Copyright 2003
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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Raised and educated in Rome, Juba II (48 BC- AD 23) was sent to uphold Roman interests in northwest Africa as ruler of the cliet kingdom of Mauretania. Together with his wife K'eopatra Selene, daughter of Marcus Anthonius and Kleopatra VII, he established a rich, multicultural environment at their capital, renamed Caesarea, where Egyptian, Hellenistic Greek and indigenous elements came together.... Read more
Introduction 1 Juba’s Numidian ancestry 2 Mauretania 3 Juba’s youth and education 4 Kleopatra Selene 5 The Mauretanian client kingdom: foundation, military history, and economy 6 The artistic and cultural program of Juba and Kleopatra Selene 7 Rex Literatissimus 8 Libyka 9 The eastern expedition with Gaius Caesar 10 On Arabia 11 The Mauretanian dynasty
Biography
Duane W. Roller is Professor of Greek and Latin at the Ohio State University.
