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  Juba II of Numidia
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.
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.
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 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.
In biology, the Juba skipper[?] Hesperis juba is a butterfly.
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 Numidia - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It was part of the Carthaginian empire until Masinissa, ruler of E Numidia, allied himself (c.206 BC) with Rome in the Punic Wars.
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.
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 Juba II - Wikipedia Mirror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Juba II was taken to Rome by Julius Caesar and took part of Caesar’s triumphal procession.
Juba II and Cleopatra didn’t rule Numidia for long, because the local population disapproved of Juba being too Romanised and this caused civil unrest.
According to Pliny the Younger, Juba II was the first person to explore the Canary Islands and Madeira.O'Brien, Sally and Sarah Andrews.
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Juba Juba is a city in southern Sudan Sudan.
Master Juba Master Juba was the stage name of William Henry Lane William Henry Lane, who danced in minstrel show minstrel shows in the 1840s 1840s, one of the first fl performers in the United States United States.
In biology biology, the Juba skipper Juba skipper "Hesperis juba" is a butterfly butterfly.
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 Juba
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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 Numidia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The western part of Numidia is led by Syfax, and supports Hannibal, while the eastern part is led by Masinissa, who started to support the Romans this year, as he was steadily losing ground to Syfax.
In 148 BC Masinissa dies, and Numidia is for a while divided into several kingdoms, each one squabbling for the control of the whole province.
With Juba II as king, the region flourished subsequently for several centuries, until the 5th century, when Numidia was conquered by the Vandals.
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 Mauretania - LoveToKnow 1911
To this Bocchus was given, after the war, the western part of Jugurtha's kingdom of Numidia, perhaps as far east as Saldae (Bougie).
Sixty years later, at the time of the dictator Caesar, we find two Mauretanian kingdoms, one to the west of the river Mulucha under Bogud, and the other to the east under a Bocchus; as to the date or cause of the division we are ignorant.
Juba and his son Ptolemaeus after him reigned till A.D. 40, when the latter was put to death by Caligula, and shortly afterwards Claudius incorporated the kingdom into the Roman state as two provinces, viz.
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 numidia - NumisWiki, The Collaborative Numismatics Project
Juba I, B.C. The coinage of this king consists of denarii and quinarii of the Roman standard and of bronze coins (Müller, iii, p.
Juba II, B.C. This king was the son of Juba I, who lost his kingdom at the battle of Thapsus.
Ptolemy, A. 23-40, the son of Juba and Cleopatra, was co-regent with his father before the death of the latter, as is evident from denarii bearing the joint names and portraits REX IVBA, rev.
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 News-Obituaries-Ahmed El-Hamr
The name Numidia was first applied by Polybius and other historians during the 3rd century BC to indicate the territory west of Carthage, including the entire Maghreb as far as the river Mulucha (Muluya), about 100 miles west of Oran.
After Cato the Younger was defeated by Caesar, he committed suicide (46 BC) in Utica, and Numidia became briefly the province of Africa Nova until Augustus restored Juba II (son of Juba I) after the Battle of Actium.
Under Septimus Severus (193 AD), Numidia was separated from Africa Vetus, and governed by an imperial procurator; finally, under the new organization of the empire by Diocletian, Numidia became one of the seven provinces of the diocese of Africa, being known as Numidia Cirtensis.
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 JUBA II
JUBA II A young King's boy, who stemming from a Numidian root was born and educated inside a Greek-Roman niche, had the opportunity to influence both culture and development of his country.
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.
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 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Augustus restored Juba II as the king of Numidia between 29 BC-27 BC.
In Gades, (modern Cádiz) and Carthago Nova (modern Cartagena) Spain, Juba II was appointed by Augustus as a honorary Duovir.
Glaphyra ended her brief marriage to Juba II and divorced him to marry Herod Archelaus.
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Juba was the father of King of Numidia and later Mauretania Juba II (50/52 BC-23), father-in-law of Juba II's wives Greek Ptolemaic princess Cleopatra Selene (II) (40 BC-6), Cappodocian princess Glaphyra and paternal grandfather to possible Mauretanian princess Cleopatra of Mauretania, King Ptolemy of Mauretania (1 BC-40) and Mauretanian princess Drusilla of Mauretania (born 5).
With the arrival of Caesar in Africa, Juba originally planned to join Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito, but his kingdom was invaded by Bocchus II and Sittius, he therefore left only 30 elephants behind and marched home to save his country.
Juba immediately left the command of his kingdom's defence with Sabura, and join Scipio with 3 legions, light infantry, 1000 cavalry and 30 elephants for the Battle of Thapsus but camped away from Scipio's main lines.
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 Juba II & Cleopatra Selene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
His young son Juba II, was instead taken by Caesar and displayed in the African portion of the elaborate 4-part triumph (Gaul, Pontus, Egypt, Africa.) Caesar's grand-nephew Caius Octavius (later the emperor Octavian Augustus) also proudly marched in this spectacle as one of the victors.
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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 Juba II - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Juba II
, son of Juba I. He was transferred to Mauretania by the emperor Augustus when Numidia became a Roman province.
Juba wrote 12 works on historical and geographical subjects, fragments of which have survived.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 Juba II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Juba II Juba II Juba II of Numidia (52 BC - 23 AD) was the husband of Cleopatra Selene, the daughter of Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
Juba was the son of Berber King Juba I of Numidia (85 BC - 46 BC), who had been defeated (in 60 B.C.) by the Romans, who then made Numidia (in northern Africa) a Roman province.
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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.
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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 Drusilla of Mauretania
The elder Drusilla was the youngest child of queen Cleopatra Selene (II) and king Juba II and a sister to king Ptolemy of Mauretania.
Her father Juba II of Numidia, was an only son to king Juba I of Numidia (a king of Numidia of Berber descent from North Africa, who was an ally to Roman General Pompey the Great).
Her paternal grandparents were queen Cleopatra Selene (II) and king Juba II of Mauretania.
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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
Despite his defeat, his son, Juba II, d.
Highly learned, Juba II wrote lengthy historical and geographical works.
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 Juba II of Numidia: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
Juba II of Numidia: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
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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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 Mauretania - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
With the rise of the Roman Empire, Mauretania became a Roman client kingdom.
The Romans placed Juba II of Numidia there as client-king.
When Juba died in 23, his Roman-educated son Ptolemy of Mauretania succeeded him on the throne, but Caligula killed him in 40 and annexed Mauretania directly as a Roman province in 42, under an imperial (not senatorial) governor.
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Greek Coins Numidia, Juba I, 60-46 AD No.: 181 Estimate: CHF 800 d=20 mm Denarius 60-46, AR 3.72 g.
DOC II 313 (Constantine in Numidia); E-C 122; MIB III...
NUMIDIA Juba I, King of Numidia, 60-46 Estimate: CHF 750.00 Denarius (Silver, 3.83 g 12).
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 Cleopatra_Selene_(II) Information - Online Prescription Medication Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Between 26 BC-20 BC, Augustus arranged for Cleopatra to marry African King Juba II of Numidia.
Juba and Cleopatra returned to Numidia but didn’t rule there for long.
The couple were forced to leave Numidia and move to Mauretania.
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 AllRefer.com - Numidia (Ancient History, Africa) - Encyclopedia
It was part of the Carthaginian empire until Masinissa, ruler of E Numidia, allied himself (c.206
B.C., Masinissa was awarded rule of all Numidia.
Numidia's encroachments on reviving Carthage furnished Rome with a pretext for the Third Punic War (149–146
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 Juba II Summary
North African king of Numidia and Mauretania (modern Algeria and Morocco respectively) who sent an expedition to the Canary Islands.
Between 19 AD - 21 AD, Juba II made his son Ptolemy co-ruler and Juba II died in 23 AD.
Mauretania was annexed and became a Roman province.
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