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Ptolemy of Mauretania (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος, Ptolemaîos; Latin: Gaius Iulius Ptolemaeus; 13 x 9 BC–AD 40) was the last Roman client king and ruler of Mauretania for Rome. He was the son of Juba II , the king of Numidia and a member of the Berber Massyles tribe, as well as a descendant of the Ptolemaic dynasty via his mother Cleopatra ...
6 days ago · Who was Ptolemy of Mauretania? Ptolemy of Mauretania (r. 23-40 CE) was the son of Juba II and Cleopatra Selene II. He was king of Mauretania and one of the last surviving members of the Ptolemaic dynasty. Why did Caligula execute Ptolemy?
Ptolemy of Mauretania was a North African client ruler for Rome (23–40 ce) who assisted Roman forces in suppressing a Berber revolt in Numidia and Mauretania but was assassinated after arousing the jealousy of the Roman emperor Caligula. He was the last known living descendant of the famous.
Julia Drusilla (Greek: Δρουσίλλη; AD 38–79) was a princess of the Roman client kingdom of Mauretania in North Africa. She was the daughter of Ptolemy of Mauretania and thus a great-granddaughter of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony.
Ptolemy of Mauretania (r. 23-40 CE) was king of Mauretania and one of the last surviving members of the Ptolemaic dynasty. His father Juba II (c. 48 BCE to 23 CE) was a Numidian royal and his mother...
Mauretania eventually became a client kingdom of the Roman Empire in 25 BC when the Romans installed Juba II of Numidia as their client-king. On his death in AD 23, his Roman-educated son Ptolemy of Mauretania succeeded him. The Emperor Caligula had Ptolemy executed in AD 40.
Ptolemy of Mauretania was the last Roman client king and ruler of Mauretania for Rome. He was the son of Juba II, the king of Numidia and a member of the Berber Massyles tribe, as well as a descendant of the Ptolemaic dynasty via his mother Cleopatra Selene II.
PTOLEMY OF MAURETANIA AND THE CONSPIRACY OF GAETULICUS What motives impelled Gaius to execute Ptolemy of Mauretania cannot be determined from the sources with any degree of accuracy. We know only that Ptolemy was killed suddenly and that a pretext was the incident at the show when he angered the emperor by wearing an abolla of resplendent ...
Ptolemy of Mauretania (Ptolemaios; r. c. 23 CE–40 CE) ruler of the kingdom of Mauretania (modern Algeria and Morocco) from the death of his father, Juba II, circa 23–24 CE.
Ptolemy of Mauretania or Ptolemy of Morocco (Ptolemy in Greek:ο Πτολεμαίος, 1 BC - 40 AD) was a prince and the last Roman client king of Mauretania. Ptolemy was the only son to queen Cleopatra Selene (II) and king Juba II of Mauretania.
