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

ISBN-13: 9780415754064 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 352 str.

Duane W. Roller

Opis

This detailed and comprehensive study examines Juba's life and career and provides a critical analysis of the king both as an implementer of the Augustan political, artistic and intellectual programme and as a notable scholar.

Spis treści

Introduction 1 Juba’s Numidian ancestry 2 Mauretania 3 Juba’s youth and education 4 Kleopatra Selene 5 The Mauretanian client kingdom: foundation, military history, and economy 6 The artistic and cultural program of Juba and Kleopatra Selene 7 Rex Literatissimus 8 Libyka 9 The eastern expedition with Gaius Caesar 10 On Arabia 11 The Mauretanian dynasty

O autorze

Duane W. Roller is Professor of Greek and Latin at the Ohio State University.