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  Africa - Province of the Roman Empire
Having served in the Legions and with many allies in the senate, Rome was indifferent to the politics of Numidia, until Jugurtha sacked the city of Cirta in 112 BCE.
King Juba of Numidia was a client of Pompey and resisted the rule of Caesar.
Caesar defeated Juba at the battle of Thapsus in 46 BCE, and with this victory, all of North Africa was firmly and permanently in the control of Rome.
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  Juba II
Juba was the son of Berber King Juba I of Numidia (85 B.C - 46 B.C.), who had been defeated (in 60 B.C.) by the Romans, who then made Numidia (in northern Africa) a Roman province.
Juba II had been reared in Rome, and in 25 B.C. Augustus Caesar restored him to the throne of Numidia and sent Juba and his wife (who had also been reared in Rome) to rule the country in what Augustus hoped would be cooperation with Rome.
One of Juba's discoveries during his explorations was the medicinal plant named Euphorbia regis jubae for him ("euphorbia king juba"; Euphorbia is a genus of the spurge family).
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 Juba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Juba, Sudan is the capital of semi-autonomous southern Sudan.
Master Juba (William Henry Lane) was one of the first fl performers in the United States, for whom the Juba Dance is named.
Juba is the nickname of a sniper operating in the Iraqi insurgency.
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 Juba I of Numidia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Juba I of Numidia (Reigned 60 B.C. Juba I
85 - 46 B.C.) was the son and successor of Numidian King Hiempsal; father to King Juba II of Mauretania; grandfather to King Ptolemy of Mauretania and Princess Drusilla of Mauretania.
Juba rejoined Pompey’s Army and were defeated at Thapsus.
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 Wikipedia: Juba
Juba (or Iuba) was a Roman cognomen, originally used by kings of Numidia.
Master Juba was the stage name of William Henry Lane, who danced in minstrel shows in the 1840s, one of the first fl performers in the United States.
Juba is also the penname of a Finnish cartoonist.
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 Juba II
Juba II Juba II of Numidia (52 B.C. - 23 A.D.) was the husband of Cleopatra Selene, the daughter of Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
Juba was the son of King Juba I of Numidia (85 B.C - 46 B.C.), who had been defeated (in 60 B.C.) by the Romans, who then made Numidia (in northern Africa) a Roman province.
One of Juba's discoveries during his explorations was the medicinal plant named Euphorbia regis jubae for him ("euphorbia king juba"; the euphorbia genus of the spurge family includes the poinsettia).
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 AllRefer.com - Juba I, king of Numidia (Ancient History, Africa, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Juba I, king of Numidia, Ancient History, Africa, Biographies
He fought on the side of Metellus Scipio and took his life after Caesar's victory at Thapsus.
B.C. Augustus gave to him in marriage Cleopatra Selene, the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra.
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 Numidia
Juba II was favored by the Romans as a subject prince, and the region subsequently flourished for several centuries.
Numidia was invaded by the Vandals in the 5th cent.
Juba I, king of Numidia - Juba I, c.85 B.C.–46 B.C., king of Numidia in N Africa.
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 Rome and Romania, Roman Emperors, Byzantine Emperors, etc.
the so-called Byzantine Empires; Princes, Kings, and Tsars of Numidia, Judaea, Bulgaria, Serbia, Wallachia, & Moldavia; and the Sultâns of Rûm
The Kingdom of Numidia was originally promoted by Rome as an ally against the Carthaginians.
Like the native kingdoms of Anatolia, Numidia was soon converted into a Roman province, opening the way for the introduction of a Latinate culture.
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 Emazighen.com / Juba II, Amazigh King   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Juba the Second was a brilliant well educated and initiative-prone person - living during the "Augustus Century" - who deserve to be highlighted for the advancement he brought to his Mauritania country, although not so much quoted from ancient historians.
He obtained the kingdom of Numidia on 27 BC and later of the two Mauritanias on 25 BC after having fight with Caesar Augustus in the Anzio battle (31 BC).
Juba the Second was recognized also in Athens, where a monument was built to the "African King" as appreciation of his writings.
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 Juba II & Cleopatra Selene   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Juba’s father, King Juba I of Numidia, fought on the side of Pompey during the Roman civil war following the breakup of the First Triumvirate.
Juba was a historian and author, and by some accounts published 50 books during his lifetime, mostly written in Greek (the language of the scholar, at that time) but with a few in Latin.
Juba and Selene were buried in a magnificent mausoleum, later known to the Arabs as Kubr-er-Rumia (Tombeau de le Chretienne).
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 Chapter Juba <i>to</i> Juliance of J by Brewer's Readers Handbook
Juba, prince of Numidia, warmly attach ed to Cato while he liv ed at Utica (in Africa), and passionately in love with Marcia, Cato’s daughter.
Sempronius, having disguised himself as Juba, was mistaken for the Numidian prince by Marcia; and being slain, she gave free vent to her grief, thus betraying the state of her affection.
Juba overheard her, and as it would have been mere prudery to deny her love after this display, she freely confessed it, and Juba took her as his betrothed and future wife.—Addison: Cato (1713).
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 Juba - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Somalia, bounded by the Jubba River, formerly known as the Juba River.
Master Juba was one of the first fl performers in the
Juba is the pen name of a Finnish
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 North African Kingdom of Numidia
The third and final attempt by a Numidian to found a powerful state was that of Juba I, between 49 and 46 BC, ending with his defeat by Julius Caesar at Thapsus.
Numidia remained under Arab control until the French conquest of Algeria in the 19th century.
Juba I, 60-46 BC, AR denarius, (3.57g) REX IVBA Diademed and draped bust of Juba right, with pointed beard and hair in formal curls, scepter at shoulder.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Juba I of Numidia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Numidia, ancient Roman name for that part of northern Africa roughly equivalent to modern Algeria.
Numidia was inhabited by two tribes noted for...
I, ninth letter and third vowel in the English, Greek, and Roman alphabets.
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 JUBA II - Online Information article about JUBA II   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Juba seems to have reigned in considerable prosperity, though in A.D. 6 the Gaetulians See also:
The date of Juba's death is by no means certain; it has been put between A.D. 19 and 24 (See also:
; Hullemann, De vita et scriptis Jubae (1846).
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 CATO (Act One)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He loves our sister Marcia, greatly loves her, His eyes, his looks, his actions all betray it: But still the smother'd fondness burns within him, When most it swells, and labours for a vent, The sense of honour, and desire of fame Drive the big passion back into his heart.
Juba's surrender, since his father's death, Would give up Afric into Caesar's hands, And make him lord of half the burning zone.
That Juba may deserve thy pious cares, I'll gaze for ever on thy godlike father, Transplanting, one by one, into my life, His bright perfections, till I shine like him.
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 Juba   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Titus Desticius Juba, governor in Britain, 250s [1] (http://www.roman-britain.org/people/_later_governors.htm)
Jubaland is a region in southern Somalia, bounded by the Jubba River[?], formerly known as the Juba River.
In biology, the Juba skipper[?] Hesperis juba is a butterfly.
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 Juba I
The kingdom fell in 46 BC at the Battle of Thapsus and was formed into a new province, Africa Nova.
Augustus, in 25 BC created a client kingdom in Numidia and appointed Juba II to rule.
In 26 BC Juba II married Cleopatra Selene, sometimes referred to as Cleopatra VIII, the daughter of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony.
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 Juba I of Numidia - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Juba I of Numidia (Reigned 60 B.C. Juba_i.jpg
Berber King of Numidia and father of Juba II.
Suetonius relates how Caesar on one occasion pulled Juba by the beard.
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 King Juba I of Numidia
I am the Berber King of Numidia who Reigned 60 B.C. I was defeated by the Romans in 60 BC, but I retained my lands and people although the area was now known as the Roman Province of Numidia.
My son, Juba II (52 BC - 23 AD) was sent to Rome to be educated.
In 25 B.C., Augustus Carsar restored my son to the throne of Numidia in effort to form a cooperation in Numidia with Rome.
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 Berber - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
After the fall of the Caliphate, the taifa kingdoms of Toledo, Badajoz, Málaga and Granada had Berber rulers.
Masinissa, King of Numidia, North Africa, present day Algeria and Tunisia.
North African Kingdom of Numidia (Warning: Popup trap, tries to install spyware)
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 Juba I, king of Numidia
Juba II (died AD 23) (The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History)
Juba I (died 46 BC) (The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History)
JUBA'S ROMAN SOUL: ADDISON'S CATO AND ENLIGHTENMENT COSMOPOLITANISM.
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 Juba I of Numidia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Juba I of Numidia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Juba I of Numidia (Reigned 60 B.C. (A member of a Caucasoid Muslim people of northern Africa) Berber King of (An ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria) Numidia and father of (Click link for more info and facts about Juba II) Juba II.
(Click link for more info and facts about Suetonius) Suetonius relates how Caesar on one occasion pulled Juba by the beard.
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 ipedia.com: Juba Article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Juba was a Roman cognomen, originally used by kings of Numidia.
Juba I of Numidia Juba II of Numidia Juba of Mauretania Titus Desticius Juba Jubaland is a region in southern Somalia, bounded by the Ju...
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 Juba I, king of Numidia
Juba I, c.85 B.C., king of Numidia in N Africa.
He joined Pompey's party and in 49 B.C. routed Caesar's legate, Curio.
A.D. 20, was educated in Rome and reinstated as king, probably first in Numidia, then in Mauretania (c.25 B.C. Augustus gave to him in marriage Cleopatra Selene, the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra.
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 History of morocco - The Magic Morocco
In 13 BC the Emperor Octavius granted the kingdom of Mauritania to the young Berber prince, Juba, son of Juba I of Numidia who had committed suicide 13 years earlier after the defeat by the Romans at the battle of Thapsus.
In 25 8(2 they added the whole of Numidia to his realm.
Educated in Rome and married to the daughter of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, known as Cleopatra -Stlene, hts pedigree was unpeccabte dnd he ruled wisely, probably living in Volubilis.
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 Numidia - Ancient Greek Coinage - WildWinds.com
Click here for the Numidia page with thumbnail images.
Head of Numidia right, in elephant's skin headdress / Lion walking right, head facing, Punic SYWBIY / HMMLKTIY above.
Entry for Numidia on the Digital Historia Numorum
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 Bible History Online - Cleopatra's Children
Juba I of Numidia (Bust) National Museum, Naples
Juba II Silver Denarius (Coin) Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Map of the Donations of Alexandria (34 B.C.)
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 Numidia - Startkabel.nl
Personality / Figuur: Juba II Juba II en fr it
- Frank Joseph, The Lost Treasure of King Juba
- Ancient Coins of Numidia and Mauretania (tip)
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