The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene: Royal Scholarship on Rome's African Frontier

by Duane W. Roller

Book Overview

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. Juba combined a reign of more than half a century with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415305969
• ISBN13: 9780415305969
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"