Though more obscure than her famous mother #Cleopatra VII (69-30 BCE), Cleopatra Selene II (40 - c. 5 BCE), member of the #Ptolemaic Dynasty and Queen of #Mauritania, was a well-respected leader in her own right. She is considered one of the last great queens of the #Hellenistic period, part of a long tradition of powerful ruling women.
Cleopatra Selene II and her twin brother Alexander Helios (40 - c. late 1st century BCE) were the children of the Roman triumvir Mark Antony (83-30 BCE). She spent most of her early life in #Alexandria, Egypt, though after #Augustus took Egypt (an episode famously depicted in #Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra) she was fostered by Augustus' sister Octavia Minor in Rome. Cleopatra Selene II later married Juba II of Numidia c. 25 BCE, and they permanently moved to Mauretania.
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Cleopatra Selene II and her twin brother Alexander Helios (40 - c. late 1st century BCE) were the children of the Roman triumvir Mark Antony (83-30 BCE). She spent most of her early life in #Alexandria, Egypt, though after #Augustus took Egypt (an episode famously depicted in #Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra) she was fostered by Augustus' sister Octavia Minor in Rome. Cleopatra Selene II later married Juba II of Numidia c. 25 BCE, and they permanently moved to Mauretania.
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Though more obscure than her famous mother #Cleopatra VII (69-30 BCE), Cleopatra Selene II (40 - c. 5 BCE), member of the #Ptolemaic Dynasty and Queen of #Mauritania, was a well-respected leader in her own right. She is considered one of the last great queens of the #Hellenistic period, part of a long tradition of powerful ruling women.
Cleopatra Selene II and her twin brother Alexander Helios (40 - c. late 1st century BCE) were the children of the Roman triumvir Mark Antony (83-30 BCE). She spent most of her early life in #Alexandria, Egypt, though after #Augustus took Egypt (an episode famously depicted in #Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra) she was fostered by Augustus' sister Octavia Minor in Rome. Cleopatra Selene II later married Juba II of Numidia c. 25 BCE, and they permanently moved to Mauretania.
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Cleopatra Selene II and her twin brother Alexander Helios (40 - c. late 1st century BCE) were the children of the Roman triumvir Mark Antony (83-30 BCE). She spent most of her early life in #Alexandria, Egypt, though after #Augustus took Egypt (an episode famously depicted in #Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra) she was fostered by Augustus' sister Octavia Minor in Rome. Cleopatra Selene II later married Juba II of Numidia c. 25 BCE, and they permanently moved to Mauretania.
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