Synopsis: Juba accompanies Gaius Caesar on his Eastern expedition.
“Tigranes…marched forth with an army of such huge proportions that he actually laughed heartily at the appearance of the Romans present there. He is said to have remarked that, in cases where they came to make war, only a few presented themselves, but when it was an embassy, many came.” – Cassius Dio, Rome, Book 36
“Pompey…announced to his soldiers that Mithridates was dead…Upon this the army filled with joy and, as was natural, gave itself up to sacrifices and entertainments, feeling that in the person of Mithridates ten thousand enemies had died.” – Plutarch, The Life of Pompey
Map of the Near East c. 1 BC:
https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Near_East_1BC.jpg
Near East Family Trees:
https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/3_Near_East_A.pdf
https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/4_Near_East_B.pdf
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Episode B5 – Eclipsis
Synopsis: The birth of Juba and Selene’s children, Ptolemy and Drusilla, and the death of Cleopatra Selene.
“The moon herself grew dark, rising at sunset,
Covering her suffering in the night,
Because she saw her beautiful namesake, Selene,
Breathless, descending to Hades,
With her she’d had the beauty of her light in common,
And mingled her own darkness with her death.” – Crinagoras of Myteline, Epigram for Cleopatra Selene
Updated Octavian Family Tree:
https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/2_Octavian_Clan_1BC.pdf
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Episode B4 – Limitem Mundi
Synopsis: Juba and Selene begin their rule of Mauretania.
“Cato said…they must make no prayer for him; prayer belonged to the conquered, and the craving of grace to those who had done wrong; but for his part he had not only been unvanquished all his life, but was actually a victor now as far as he chose to be, and a conqueror of Caesar in all that was honorable and just.” – Plutarch, The Life of Cato the Younger
“My husband has died and I have no son. They say about you that you have many sons. You might give me one of your sons to become my husband. I would not wish to take one of my subjects as a husband… I am afraid.” – Queen Ankhesenamun of Egypt, Letter to King Suppiluliuma I of Hatti
Map of Mauretania:
https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Mauretania.jpg
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Episode B3 – Ephebus
Synopsis: Juba accompanies Octavian during the conquest of Egypt.
“Thus was Egypt enslaved.” – Cassius Dio, Rome, Book LI
Octavian Family Tree:
https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Octavian_Clan.pdf
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Episode B2 – Rex Socius Amicusque
Synopsis: The early years of Juba II, fostered in the family of Octavian and Octavia.
“(Scipio) increased the honor by observing, that among the Romans there was nothing more magnificent than a Triumph; and that those who triumphed were not arrayed with more splendid ornaments than those with which the Roman people considered Massinissa alone, of all foreigners, worthy.” – Livy, The History of Rome, Book XXX
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