Mauretania

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.