Cleopatra Selene was the daughter of Marcus Antonius and Queen Cleopatra VII. Selene was born in 40 BC with her similitude brother, Alexander Helios. She was seized by Augustus in 30 BC and exposed in his rejoice in Rome in 29 BC. She was referred by Octavia, the sister of Augustus and Roman wife of Antonius, and married to King Juba II of Mauretania (modern Morocco) around 20 BC. Cleopatra Selene may have acted as regent for her husband during his absences from the kingdom, and she seems on his coinage. She had leastwise one son, King Ptolemy of Mauretania, who was executed by Caligula in 40 AD and is the last known related of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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