Ptolemy of Mauretania

Ptolemy (* 6/5 BC, † 40 AD in Rome ) was from 23 to 40 AD, the last king of Mauritania.

Ptolemy was the son of Juba II and Cleopatra Selene and thus the grandson of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. After he had been for two years co-regent with his father Ptolemy was 23 King of Mauritania year. Publius Cornelius Dolabella Together with he defeated Tacfarinas, who led a guerrilla war Numidian and Mauritanian tribes against Rome, and was honored with the Triumphalinsignien. To come into possession of his wealth, Emperor Caligula invited him to Rome, where he was murdered in the year 40 at the behest of Caligula. His kingdom became a Roman province.