Roman annexation of Mauretania
Caligula had King Ptolemy of Mauretania, the son of Juba II, executed; after the revolt led by Ptolemy’s freedman Aedemon was crushed, Claudius divided the kingdom into two provinces, Mauretania Tingitana and Mauretania Caesariensis.
- Date
- 40 – between 42 and 44start: year known; end: exact date unknown: an interval is given · duration: ≈ 3 years
- Place
- Caesarea in Mauretaniatoday: Cherchell, Tipaza Province, Algeria · Africa
- Participants
- Caligula, Ptolemy of Mauretania, Aedemon, Claudius, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, Roman Empire
- Threads
- Africa (1st–5th c.)
- Also known as
- Annexation of Mauretania; Revolt of Aedemon; Восстание Эдемона
Caligula summoned Ptolemy to Rome in late 39 or early 40 and in 40 had him put to death — out of envy of his wealth, according to one account, or because the king’s purple cloak drew the admiration of the crowd at a gladiatorial show, according to another. Mauretania rose in revolt under Aedemon, a freedman loyal to the dead king, although an inscription from Volubilis shows that a significant part of that town’s people fought against him.
Claudius sent Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, who in 41 or 42 became the first Roman commander to lead troops across the Atlas Mountains, and Gnaeus Hosidius Geta, and together they put down the revolt. The kingdom was divided along the river Mulucha (Moulouya) into Mauretania Tingitana, with its capital at Tingis (Tangier), and Mauretania Caesariensis, with its capital at Caesarea. The creation of the provinces is dated to 42 in some sources and to 44 in others.
Connections
Related events
- Reign of Juba II in Mauretania25 BC – between 23 and 24 · AfricaPtolemy, the last king, was Juba II’s son and heir
- Revolt of Tacfarinas17–24 · AfricaPtolemy, honoured by the Senate for his help in this war, was executed by Caligula in 40
Same participants
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- Thrace becomes a Roman province46 · Balkans and Anatoliavia Claudius
- Boudica’s revoltbetween 60 and 61 · Western and Central Europevia Gaius Suetonius Paulinus
Adjacent events in the thread
- Temple of Apedemak at Naqabetween 1 BC and AD 70 · Africa
- Adulis and Aksum in the Periplus40s … 70s · Africa
Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within a year of this event
Western and Central Europe
- Roman conquest of Britain43 – between 83 and 84
Eastern Europe
- Roman–Bosporan War45–49
- Zarubintsy culturec. 200 BC – c. 200
Balkans and Anatolia
- Thrace becomes a Roman province46
- Missionary journeys of Paulc. 46 – between 57 and 58
Middle East and Egypt
- Periplus of the Erythraean Sea40s … 70s
- Aretas IV and the height of Petra9 BC – AD 40
Central and Northern Asia
- Kujula Kadphises founds the Kushan Empirebetween 20 and 50
- The burials of Tillya Tepe (the Bactrian Gold)between 16 and 100
South Asia
- Gandharan art: the first images of the Buddhabetween 30 BC and AD 100
- Reign of Gondophares, founder of the Indo-Parthian kingdombetween 19 and 20 – c. 46
- Heyday of Indo-Roman trade: Muziris and Arikameduc. 30 BC – c. 250
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Trưng sisters’ rebellionMarch 40 – 43
- Founding of Funan: Kaundinya and Queen Liuyebetween 1 and 100
- Óc Eo, the port of Funanbetween 1 and 100 – between 601 and 700
- Sa Huỳnh culturec. 1000 BC – c. 200
North America
- Hopewell traditionbetween 200 and 100 BC – c. 500
Latin America
- Monte Albán II: the Zapotec state expandsc. 100 BC – c. 200
- Rise of Teotihuacanc. 1 – c. 250
- Nazca culture and the Nazca Linesbetween 200 and 100 BC – between 500 and 800
The same period
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Ptolemy of Mauretania
- Wikipedia (English): Aedemon
- Wikipedia (English): Gaius Suetonius Paulinus
- Wikipedia (English): Mauretania Caesariensis
- Wikipedia (English): Mauretania
- Wikipedia (Russian): Птолемей (царь Мавретании)
- Wikipedia (Russian): Эдемон
- Wikipedia (Russian): Гай Светоний Паулин
- Wikipedia (Russian): Мавретания Цезарейская
- Wikipedia (Russian): Мавретания