ABSTRACT
WhenClaudiuscametopowerRomewasinvolvedinfightingin Mauretania.SpaincouldbeinvadedfromnorthAfrica,asQ.Sertoriushad shownintheseventiesHC:.Augustus'clientruler,JubaII,andhissuccessor PtolemykeptMauretaniaquietandservedRomewellagainstrebels. Ptolemymayhavebeentoosuccessful:political,cultural,andeconomic advancepreparedthewayfordirectRomanrule.Thechangecomes naturallyattheendofareign,butPtolemy,whowasadescendantof AntonyandCleopatraandsoacousinofGaius,wassummonedtoRome andexecuted.Theeraofthenewprovinceshowsthatitwasformallytaken overinthefirstsevenmonthsof40,andthetimingofPtolemy'sdeath suggeststhatitwasconnectedwiththeexecutionofCn.Gaetulicus,whose fatherhadcampaignedinAfricaandwouldhaveknownJuba.Rebellion brokeout:Ptolemy'sfreedmanAedemon,andpresumablytherestofhis court,facedlossofpositionandperquisites,andaninquiryintopastfinancial management,buttherewerefairreasonsforrebelliontoo:revengeforthe king'sdeath,hellenicpatriotism.Thatrisingseemstohavebeenputdown in40-41byM.CrassusFrugi;therewassomedamage:destructionandfire atVolubilisbelongtothistime,andevidentlymuchlossoflife,asthere seemstohavebeenalsoatLixusandTamuda(Larache,Tetuan);aleading citizenofVolubilis(KsarPharaoun),whocommandedcavalryinthewar againstAedemon,wonrewardsfromClaudiusinrecognitionofthetown's servicesandsufferings.'
