![]() ![]() ![]() During their reign, the country became extremely wealthy. She had great influence in Mauretania's government decisions, especially regarding trade and construction projects. Selene eventually married Juba II of Numidia and Mauretania. ![]() After Antony and Cleopatra's defeat at Actium and their suicides in Egypt in 30 BC, Selene and her brothers were brought to Rome and placed in the household of Octavian's sister, Octavia the Younger, a former wife of her father. In the Donations of Antioch and of Alexandria, she was made queen of Cyrenaica and Libya. She was an important royal woman in the early Augustan age.Ĭleopatra Selene was the only daughter of Greek Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman Triumvir Mark Antony. 5 BC the numeration is modern) was a Ptolemaic princess, Queen of Numidia (briefly in 25 BC) and Mauretania (25 BC – 5 BC) and Queen of Cyrenaica (34 BC – 30 BC ). ![]()
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