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Cleopatra’s triumphant daughter

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Mauritania Underwent a Significant Transformation Once Jubre and Cleopatra Selini Were Installed

Mauritania underwent a significant transformation once jubre and Cleopatra Selini were installed there. They basically renovated the city and turned it into something akin to a showcase capital but it's based quite heavily on Alexandria in a lot of the design and buildings that are there. She also issues her own coinage which is very interesting and very thoughtfully designed rather than just you know this sort of straightforward boring portrait she has all sorts of creative Egyptian motifs on her coinage. think she was a very good queen of Mauritania and this is again she's not really mentioned a huge amount in the sources that we have so there isn't a cause for concern about their joint rule

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