This article is about the ancient Maghreb territory. For the modern country, see Mauritania. For other uses, see Mauretania (disambiguation). For the passenger ships, see RMS Mauretania (1906) and RMS Mauretania (1938).
Mauretania
3rd century BC – 44 AD[1]
Mauretania
Status
Tribal Berber kingdoms (3rd century BC – 40 AD) Provinces of the Roman Empire (44 AD – 7th century AD) Independent kingdoms (431 AD[1] – 8th century)
Capital
Volubilis[2] Iol / Caesarea[3]
Common languages
Berber, Latin
Religion
Roman paganism, local beliefs, Christianity[4]
King
• 110–80 BC
Bocchus I
• 25 BC - 23 AD.
Juba II
• 20–40 AD
Ptolemy of Mauretania.
Historical era
Classical Antiquity
• Established
200 BC
• client state of the Roman Empire
25 BC
• Division into Roman provinces
44 AD
• Disestablished
44 AD
Today part of
Algeria Morocco Spain ∟Ceuta ∟Melilla
Mauretania (/ˌmɒrɪˈteɪniə,ˌmɔːrɪ-/; Classical Latin:[mau̯.reːˈt̪aː.ni.a])[5][6] is the Latin name for a region in the ancient Maghreb. It extended from central present-day Algeria to the Atlantic, encompassing northern present-day Morocco, and from the Mediterranean in the north to the Atlas Mountains.[7] Its native inhabitants, of Berber ancestry, were known to the Romans as the Mauri and the Masaesyli.[1]
In 25 BC, the kings of Mauretania became Roman vassals until about 44 AD, when the area was annexed to Rome and divided into two provinces: Mauretania Tingitana and Mauretania Caesariensis. Christianity spread there from the 3rd century onwards.[8] After the Muslim Arabs subdued the region in the 7th century, Islam became the dominant religion.
^ abc"region, North Africa". Encyclopedia Britannica. August 9, 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^"Archaeological Site of Volubilis".
^"Iol - ancient city, Algeria". Encyclopedia Britannica. 28 Aug 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^E. Wilhit, David (2017). Ancient African Christianity: An Introduction to a Unique Context and Tradition. Taylor & Francis. pp. 344–345. ISBN 9781135121426.
^The Classic Latin Dictionary, Follett, 1957, only gives "Mauritania"
^Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180
^Phillip C. Naylor (7 May 2015). Historical Dictionary of Algeria. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 376. ISBN 978-0-8108-7919-5.
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