Person:Cleopatra Selene (1)

Cleopatra Selene _____
  1. Cleopatra Selene _____40 BC - 6
  2. Alexander Helios _____40 BC - Bet 29 BC & 25 BC
  3. Ptolemy Philadelphus _____36 BC - 29 BC
Facts and Events
Name Cleopatra Selene _____
Alt Name The Moon _____
Gender Female
Birth[1] 25 Dec 40 BC Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt
Marriage to Juba II _____
Death? 6 Mauritania
Reference Number? Q40058?


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Cleopatra Selene II (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη; summer 40 BC – BC; the numeration is modern) was a Ptolemaic princess and Queen of Numidia (briefly in 25 BC) and Mauretania (25 BC – 5 BC). She was an important royal woman in the early Augustan age.

Cleopatra Selene was the only daughter of Greek Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman Triumvir Mark Antony. In the Donations of Antioch and of Alexandria, she was made ruler of Cyrenaica and Libya. After Antony and Cleopatra's defeat at Actium and their suicides in Egypt in 30 BC, Selene and her brothers were brought to Rome and placed in the household of Octavian's sister, Octavia the Younger, a former wife of her father.

Selene eventually married Juba II of Numidia and Mauretania. She had great influence in Mauretania's government decisions, especially regarding trade and construction projects. During their reign, the country became extremely wealthy. The couple had a son and successor, Ptolemy of Mauretania. Through their granddaughter Drusilla, the Ptolemaic line intermarried into Roman nobility for many generations.

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References
  1. Cleopatra Selene II, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.