Ptolemy of Mauretania (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ptolemy of Mauretania (Greek:, Latin: Ptolemaeus, 1 BC-40) was a prince and the last Roman Client King of Mauretania. Ptolemy was the son of King Juba II and Queen Cleopatra Selene II of Mauretania. He had a younger sister called Drusilla of Mauretania. His father Juba II was the son of King Juba I of Numidia, who was descended from the Berber people of North Africa and was an ally to the Roman Triumvir Pompey. His mother Cleopatra Selene II was the daughter of the Ptolemaic Greek Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and the Roman Triumvir Mark Antony. Ptolemy was of Berber, Greek and Roman ancestry. Ptolemy and his sister Drusilla were the only grandchildren of Juba I of Numidia and Cleopatra VII of Egypt and were among the younger grandchildren to Mark Antony. Through his maternal grandfather, Ptolemy was distantly related to Julius Caesar and the Julio-Claudian dynasty.