Synopsis: Juba and Selene begin their rule of Mauretania.\n\u201cCato said\u2026they must make no prayer for him; prayer belonged to the conquered, and the craving of grace to those who had done wrong; but for his part he had not only been unvanquished all his life, but was actually a victor now as far as he chose to be, and a conqueror of Caesar in all that was honorable and just.\u201d \u2013 Plutarch, The Life of Cato the Younger\n\u201cMy husband has died and I have no son. \xa0They say about you that you have many sons. \xa0You might give me one of your sons to become my husband. \xa0I would not wish to take one of my subjects as a husband\u2026 I am afraid.\u201d \u2013 Queen Ankhesenamun of Egypt, Letter to King Suppiluliuma I of Hatti\nMap of Mauretania:\n\xa0\n https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Mauretania.jpg\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices