Who was King Juba?
By Chelsie Vandaveer
June 14 2002
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The Chilean wine palm (Jubaea chilensis (Mol.) Baillon) is native to the dry coastal valleys of the Andes. Discovered by Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland, the original name, Jubaea spectabilis, was published by Humboldt and Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1816.
The generic name, Jubaea, was in honor of a little remembered king of Mauritania. Juba I, king of Numidia, was allied with Pompey in the civil wars against Julius Caesar. In 46 BCE, Pompey's troops were defeated and Juba I ended his life rather than be captured. Among Caesar's trophies carried to Rome was the infant, Juba II.
Juba II was placed in the house of Octavian, Julius Caesar's nephew. Octavian raised the boy. "He was brought up in Italy, where he received an excellent education, and applied himself with such diligence to study, that he turned out one of the most learned men of his day." (Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1902). When Octavian became emperor Caesar Augustus, he restored Juba II as a ruler giving him the client kingdom of Mauritania, the North African coast west of his homeland.
Octavian's sister, Octavia, was married to Marc Antony. Upon the death of Antony and Cleopatra, Octavia was given Cleopatra's children: Caesarion (by Julius Caesar), the twins, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene, and Ptolemy Philadelphus (by Antony). Caesarion was strangled, Alexander and Ptolemy disappeared. When Cleopatra Selene came of age, Octavian gave her as wife/consort to Juba II.
Juba and Cleopatra ruled from 25 BCE to around 19 CE. They introduced Greek architecture and art to North Africa and raised the kingdom to power and prosperity. Juba spent much of his days writing the histories of Africa and Arabia, and volumes on geography, zoology, and botany. Juba is thought a principal guide for Pliny the Elder on the subjects of botany and zoology.
Perhaps Humboldt felt a kindred spirit in King Juba.
The Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia have photographs of the Chilean wine palm. To view the photographs, click on the link:
http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Jubaea/chilensis.html
Juba II and Cleopatra Selene are believed buried in Kubr-er-Rumia (Tombeau de la Chretienne) in Algeria. The Australian National University has excellent photographs of this ancient structure. To view the photographs, click on the link:
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