Juba

Family: Numidian · Role: king and historian · First appears: Comparision of Pelopidas with Marcellus

Comparision of Pelopidas with Marcellus

with Hannibal (Juba is cited as a source concerning Hannibal.) “I myself, indeed, have followed rather Livy, Caesar, Cornelius Nepos, and, among the Greeks, king Juba, in stating that the troops of Hannibal were in some encounters routed and put to flight by Marcellus; but certainly these defeats conduced little to the sum of the war.”
with Marcellus (Juba is cited as a source concerning Marcellus.) “I myself, indeed, have followed rather Livy, Caesar, Cornelius Nepos, and, among the Greeks, king Juba, in stating that the troops of Hannibal were in some encounters routed and put to flight by Marcellus; but certainly these defeats conduced little to the sum of the war.”

with Diodorus (interaction) “Thus much I may mention for the sake of king Juba, of all monarchs the greatest student of history, whose ancestors are said to have sprung from Diodorus and Sophax.”

enemies with Caesar “After the battle of Pharsalia, Cato and Scipio fled into Africa, and there, with the assistance of king Juba, got together a considerable force, which Caesar resolved to engage”

rivals with Cato the Younger “However, he now succeeded both in humbling the pride of Juba”
friends with Metellus Scipio “Scipio, Pompey's father-in-law, was received by king Juba”

with Antony (interaction) “Cleopatra, his daughter by Cleopatra, was given in marriage to Juba”
married with Cleopatra “Cleopatra, his daughter by Cleopatra, was given in marriage to Juba”

Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.