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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1931330, member: 57495&quot;]Phew, and Doug nails it! My next clue would have been &quot;his name rhymes with tuba&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]333186[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Juba II was paraded as a royal captive in Julius Caesar&#039;s triumph at the age of 2.&nbsp; He grew up in Rome and became close friends with Caesar&#039;s grand-nephew, the future emperor Augustus.&nbsp; Augustus gave him back his ancestral rule over Numidia, but later made him king of neighbouring Mauretania (modern day Morocco) instead and married him to Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Mark Antony and the famous Cleopatra of Egypt.&nbsp; After a long rule, he was suceeded by his son with Cleopatra Selene, Ptolemy of Mauretania, who was a first cousin of Claudius and Germanicus.&nbsp; In 40 AD, Ptolemy was summoned to Rome and executed by Caligula (the reasons range from his being too rich, wearing too splendid a cloak, or having hair that was too enviably long).</p><p><br /></p><p>Your turn again, Doug.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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