Mauretania Caesariensis: Did you mean...?

Sub-Saharan Africa was explored by Roman expeditions between 19 BCE - 90 CE, most likely in an effort to locate the sources of valuable trade goods and establish routes to bring them to the seaports on the coast of North Africa, thereby minimizing...

A view of the Basilica and Capitoline Temple in Volubilis the old western capital of Mauretania. Near Rabat, Morocco.

Time has seen the rise and fall of a number of great empires - the Babylonian, the Assyrian, the Egyptian, and lastly, the Persian. Regardless of the size or skill of their army or the capabilities of their leaders, all of these empires fell...

A Roman mosaic depicting an athlete riding a donkey backwards. From the House of the Athlete in Volubilis. Near Rabat, Morocco.

A Roman mosaic from the House of the Knight, Volubilis.

Roman involvement in North Africa began with the destruction of Carthage in the Third Punic War (149-146 BCE), after which Rome established the province of Africa and gradually expanded its authority across the Maghreb. Over the following...

A late 1st Century CE Roman bust portraying Cleopatra Selene II (40 - 5 BCE), the queen of Mauretania. This bust is currently on display at the Archaeological Museum of Cherchell, Algeria.

A bronze bust of Juba II as a young man, created sometime in the 20s BCE. The bust was found in Volubilis, the western capital of Mauretania during the reign of Juba II. (Collection of the Rabat Archaeological Museum, Morocco)

An early 1st Century marble bust of Juba II (r. 29 BCE - 23 CE), king of Mauretania and husband of Cleopatra Selene II (40 - 5 BCE). The bust is in the Glyptotek Museum in Copenhagen.

Caligula (12-41 CE) was the third Roman emperor, who reigned from 37 to 41 CE. A member of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty, he came to power after the death of his great-uncle Tiberius. The ancient sources claim that he was initially a popular...