Mauretania
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Mauretania is the Latin name for a region in the ancient Maghreb. Originally established in the north west of Morocco, it has encompassed at its height northern and central Morocco and western to cent
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Coin of Faustus Sulla, with the reverse depicting the Mauretanian king Bocchus I (left) offering the captured Jugurtha (right) to Faustus' father Lucius Sulla.
The tomb of Juba II and Cleopatra Selene II in Tipaza, Algeria
Ruins of the Roman town of Cuicul in Djemila
Ptolemy of Mauretania
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Ptolemy of Mauretania was the king of Mauretania, a client kingdom of the Roman Empire. He was the son of Juba II of Numidia and Cleopatra Selene II of the Ptolemaic dynasty. He was the grandson of Eg
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…among his subjects, a policy that alienated the local Moorish nobility and sparked frequent popular revolts. In AD 21, Juba II appointed his son Ptolemy of Mauretania as co-ruler, paving the way for his ascension as sole king upon Juba's death in AD 23–24. Ptolemy continued his father's economic legacy, investing…
Bust of Ptolemy, c. AD 10–40
This fragment of the Ara Pacis may depict Cleopatra Selene II (center) and her son (right) in 13 BC.
Bust of Ptolemy, c. AD 20
Bust of Caligula, c. AD 37