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  Mauretania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mauretania was a Berber kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of north Africa (named after the Mauri tribe, after whom the Moors were named), corresponding to western Algeria and northern Morocco.
The kingdom of Mauretania was not sited where modern Mauritania lies, on the Atlantic coast south of Morocco.
With the rise of the Roman Empire it became a Roman client kingdom.
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 Mauretania at AllExperts
In Antiquity, Mauretania was a Berber kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of north Africa (named after the Maure tribe, after whom the Moors were named), corresponding to western Algeria, Spain's Plaza de soberanía and northern Morocco.
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.
Mauretania gave to the empire one emperor, the equestrian Macrinus, who seized power after the assassination of Caracalla in 217 but was himself defeated and executed by Elegabalus the next year.
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 Read about Mauretania at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Mauretania and learn about Mauretania here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Mauretania Caesarensis, comprising western and central Algeria as far as Kabylie.
Not depriving the Mauri of their line of kings would have contributed to preserving loyalty and order, it appears: "The Mauri, indeed, manifestly worship kings, and do not conceal their name by any disguise,"
Cyprian observed, in AD 247, doubtless quoting a geographer rather than personal observation, in his brief euhemerist exercise on deflating the gods, "On the Vanity of Idols".
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It was located on the eastern border of modern day Algeria, bordered by the Roman province of Mauretania (western border of modern Algeria) to the west, the Roman province of Africa (modern day Tunisia) to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the north, and the Sahara Desert to the south.
After the death of Astrakanti (106 BC) as a Roman captive, western Numidia was added to the lands of Bocchus, king of Mauretania, while the remainder (excluding Cyrene and its locality) continued to be governed by native princes until the civil war between Caesar and Pompey.
Soon afterwards, in 25 BC, Juba was transferred to the throne of Mauretania, and Numidia was divided between Mauretania and the province of Africa Nova.
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 Numidia
At the end of the war the victorious Romans gave all of Numidia to Massinissa (died 148 BCE) of the Massaesyli, whose territory extended from Mauretania to the boundary of the Carthaginian territory, and also southeast as far as Cyrenaica, so that Numidia entirely surrounded Carthage (Appian, Punica, 106) except towards the sea.
Soon afterwards, in 25 BC, Juba was transferred to the throne of Mauretania, and Numidia was divided between Mauretania and the province of Africa Nova.
Under Septimus Severus (193 CE), 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 Numidia was highly Romanized and was studded with numerous towns.
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In Antiquity, Mauretania was originally an independent Berber kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of north Africa (named after the Maure tribe, after whom the Moors were named), corresponding to western Algeria, Spain's Plaza de soberanía and northern Morocco.
When Juba died in 23, his Roman-educated son Ptolemy of Mauretania succeeded him on the throne, but Caligula killed him in 40 and Claudius annexed Mauretania directly as a Roman province in 44, under an imperial (not senatorial) governor.
Mauretania gave to the empire one emperor, the equestrian Macrinus, who seized power after the assassination of Caracalla in 217 but was himself defeated and executed by Elegabalus the next year.
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 CILICIA : Encyclopedia Entry
At first the western district was left independent under native kings or priest-dynasts, and a small kingdom, under Tarkondimotus, was left in the east; but these were finally united to the province by Vespasian, A.D. It had been deemed important enough to be governed by a proconsul.
The Seljuk invasion of Armenia was followed by an exodus of Armenians southwards, and in 1080, Ruben, a relative of the last king of Ani, founded in the heart of the Cilician Taurus a small principality, which gradually expanded into the kingdom of Lesser Armenia or Armenia Minor.
He assisted the crusaders, was crowned King by the Archbishop of Mainz, and married one of the Lusignans of the crusader kingdom Cyprus.
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The first name is that of the king of the Bituriges, a Gallic (Celtic) people who were to give their name to the modern city of Bourges.
Now Mauretania was only west of the Malua originally; but in the, early imperial changes the east of that river was included, and Claudius constituted two Mauretanias, Tingitana and Caesariensis, divided by the river.
The approximate dates of each king are also given as I have been able to calculate them from the internal evidence contained in the Welsh chronicle and in Geoffrey's Latin version, and external evidence derived from other sources.
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 Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2004.07.31
Duane Roller's study of the client kings of Mauretania -- the first in English -- is a welcome addition to the list: its judicious combination of material and literary evidence (not a feature of other recent books) makes for a rewarding exercise in cultural and political history.
Although the book is focused on the career and scholarship of Juba II, son of Juba I of Numidia and king of Mauretania 25 BCE-23 CE, it is by no means a traditional biography: Roller clarifies the importance of this neglected figure, "the most learned of all kings" according to Plutarch (Sert.
As a result, "Romans could take comfort that the kings were visibly effective in their romanizing, and the kings in that they were an integral part of the empire and that their kingdoms manifested the latest Roman cultural phenomena" (131).
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 Commagene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hellenistic kingdom, bounded by Cilicia on the west and Cappadocia on the north arose in 162 BC, when its governor Ptolemy broke free from the disintegrating Seleucid Empire.
His dynasty was related to the Parthian kings, but his descendant Mithradates Callinicus (100 - 69 BC), embraced the Hellenistic culture and married Laodice, a Seleucid princess, thus claiming dynastical ties with both Alexander the Great and the Persian kings.
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 Roman Revolution and Civil Wars by Sanderson Beck
The eastern portion of this kingdom was assigned to client kings to control the frontiers; Telmissus went to the Lycian confederacy, lands in Thrace to the province of Macedonia, and by 129 BC the rest had been organized as the province of Asia in the Roman empire.
Sulla published lists of his enemies, who were to be killed for rewards of two talents, confiscated their properties, and executed anyone caught helping those so proscribed; their sons were prohibited from holding offices.
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Numidia and Mauretania were originally Berber kingdoms to the west of Carthage.
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 Mauretania - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Mauretania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Mauretania was a Berber kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of north Africa (named after the Mauri tribe, after whom the Moors were named), corresponding to western Algeria and northern Morocco.
With the rise of the Roman Empire it became a Roman client kingdom.
It is not the same place as where Mauritania is now, on the Atlantic coast south of Morocco.
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Because the emperor did not alter the provincial borders, the proconsul continued to be responsible for the civil administration of all lands to the border of Mauretania at the Ampsaga river.
Installed in 25 B.C., the rulers of Mauretania had never performed up to expectations during the various wars, and Rome probably felt their shortcomings had contributed to the difficulty in suppressing Tacfarinas in the period between 17 and 24.
Once Mauretania was part of the Empire, Rome would be responsible for establishing and maintaining the peace all the way across to the Atlantic coast.
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 Commagene Information
His dynasty was related to the Parthian kings, but his descendant Mithradates Callinicus (100 - 69 BC), embraced the Hellenistic culture and married Laodice, a Seleucid princess, thus claiming dynastical ties with both Alexander the Great and the Persian kings.
The kings of Commagene under the Roman Empire tried to make strong connections between their dynasty and the Iranian god Mithra.
Historian and researcher Roger Beck, in late 1996, suggested that a group of Commagenean military commanders and elites were instrumental in the formation and spread of the later Roman Mystery Cult known as Mithraism.
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He was the king of Armenia circa 350-circa 364 or 339-69 (see PLRE 1 “Arsaces 111"), she the daughter of Ablabius, praetorian prefect of Constantine 1 (Amianuius 20.11.3; Athanius, Hist.
He was king of the Visigoths 410-15 and 4141 he married, in a Roman-style ceremony at Narbonne, the sister of the Emperor Honorius, Galla Placididia (Olympiodoros, Fr.
One of his sisters married the Vandal king Thrasamund; his second wife was a sister of the Frankish king Clovis; two of his daughters married the Burgundian king Sigismund and the Visigoth Alaric 11; and his niece married the Thuringian king Herminfrid (PLRE 11 “Theodoricus” 7 and stmmata 37 and 38).
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 Numidians (DBA 53) and Moors (DBA 65)
At the death of King Bocchis in 33 BC Mauretania was bequeathed to Rome.
Subsequently the Vandals fought incursions of horse riding Moors in Numidia and Mauretania and camel borne nomads from the south leading to a gradual shrinking of the area under Vandal control and its surrounding by semi-independent Moorish tribal principalities.
Jugurtha's list is based upon the DBM list and is obviously very different to the standard DBA list so consult your opponent before you use it.
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 Dogma bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Cyrene was a Greek colony on the North African coast, in what is now northeastern Libya, founded by settlers from Thera in the 7th Century BC.
Mauretania was a Kingdom consisting of the western part of the former Numidia.
This page lists Kings of Cappadocia, an ancient Kingdom in central Anatolia.
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 Mauretania -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
For the ships of this name, see (additional info and facts about RMS Mauretania) RMS Mauretania.
With the rise of the (An empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome) Roman Empire it became a Roman client kingdom.
It is not the same place as where (A country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert) Mauritania is now, on the Atlantic coast south of Morocco.
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