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Julia Urania ((ギリシア語: Ιουλìα Ουρανìа), (ラテン語: Ivlia Urania),〔Pir2 I 710〕 flourished 1st century) was a Berber Queen of Mauretania. She married the Berber King Ptolemy of Mauretania, who was a son of the former Mauretanian Monarchs Juba II and Cleopatra Selene II.〔(Ptolemaic Genealogy: Cleopatra Selene )〕 ==Biography== Urania became Queen of Mauretania, through her marriage to Ptolemy. She married Ptolemy at an unknown date in the 1st century and had borne Ptolemy, a daughter called Drusilla who was born in 38.〔Cleopatra’s Children and Descendants: credited by Karl Leon Ciccone at Ancient History by Suite101〕 Urania is only known through a funeral inscription of her Freedwoman Julia Bodina found at Cherchell, Algeria.〔(Ptolemaic Genealogy: Cleopatra Selene, Footnote 10 )〕 Cherchell was then known as Caesaria, the capital of the Berber Kingdom of Mauretania in the Roman Empire. In Bodina’s funeral inscription, Bodina ascribes Urania as ''Queen Julia Urania''. She was ascribed as ''Queen ''as a local courtesy or probably a posthumous honor as a dedication to the memory of the former ruling monarch. The inscription reveals that Bodina was a loyal former slave to Urania. Modern historians have created two theories on the origins on the wife of Ptolemy of Mauretania. Urania may have been a mistress from the lower class. Urania was a nickname given to a favorite mistress of a harem. The nickname derived from the Muses.〔(Ptolemaic Genealogy: Cleopatra Selene, Footnote 10 )〕 She was probably a member of the Royal Court in Mauretania. The other theory is that Urania could have been an Assyrian Princess from the Royal family of Emesa. The Royal family of Emesa were a Roman Syrian Client Kingdom and was at the time a leading Kingdom in the Roman East. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julia Urania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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