Editing Juba II (section)

===Writings===
[[File:JubaIIMauretania.JPG|thumb|Coin of Juba II.]]
Juba wrote a number of books in [[Greek language|Greek]] on history, natural history, geography, grammar, painting and theatre. He compiled a comparison of Greek and Roman institutions known as Όμοιότητες (''Resemblances'').<ref>F Jacoby, ''[[Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft]]'', 1916, s.v.</ref> His guide to Arabia became a bestseller in Rome. Only fragments of his works survive. He collected a substantial library on a wide variety of topics, which no doubt complemented his own prolific output. [[Pliny the Elder]] refers to him as an authority 65&nbsp;times in the ''Natural History'' and in [[Athens]], a monument was built in the [[Gymnasium of Ptolemy]] in recognition of his writings.<ref name=":9">{{Cite book|last=Elder.)|first=Pliny (the|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9zwZAAAAYAAJ |title=The Natural History of Pliny|date=1857|publisher=H. G. Bohn|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Braund|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wwBSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA78 |title=Rome and the Friendly King (Routledge Revivals): The Character of Client Kingship|date=2014-04-08|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-80301-0|language=en}}</ref>

Ten works by Juba II have provisionally been identified, but all are fragmentary:

*''Roman Archaeology'', in two books<ref name=RollerAppendix>Duane W. Roller, ''The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene'' (Routledge, 2003), pp. 61–63. {{ISBN|0-415-30596-9}}.</ref>
*''Resemblances'', in at least fifteen books<ref name=RollerAppendix/>
*''On Painting'', in at least eight books<ref name=RollerAppendix/>
*''Theatrical History'', in at least seventeen books<ref name=RollerAppendix/>
*''The Wanderings of Hanno'', possibly a translation of the periplus of [[Hanno the Navigator]]<ref name=RollerAppendix/>
*''On Euphorbion'', a pamphlet<ref name=RollerAppendix/>
*''Libyka'', in at least three books<ref name=RollerAppendix/>
*''On Arabia'', which is the only work by Juba that may have been in Latin<ref name=Roller165>Duane W. Roller, ''The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene'' (Routledge, 2003), p. 165. {{ISBN|0-415-30596-9}}.</ref>
*''On Assyria'', in two books<ref name=RollerAppendix/>
*Epigrams, of which six lines of one quoted by [[Athenaeus]] are all that survives<ref name=RollerAppendix/>

Juba's works survive only in quotations or citations by others, in both Greek and Latin. There are around 100 of these, about half in [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Natural History (Pliny)|Natural History]]''.<ref name=Roller165/> Others can be found in Athenaeus, [[Plutarch]], [[Claudius Aelianus]] [[Harpocration|Harpokration]], [[Pedanius Dioscorides|Dioscórides]], [[Galen]], [[Philostratus]], [[Aelius Herodianus|Herodian]], [[Tatian]], [[Ammianus Marcellinus]], [[Gaius Julius Solinus|Solinus]], [[Hesychius of Miletus]], [[Stephanus of Byzantium|Stephanos of Byzantium]], [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photios]], the ''[[Etymologicum Magnum]]'', the ''[[Geoponica]]'' and various [[scholia]] on classical authors.<ref name=RollerAppendix/>

Juba may have written plays, but these are not quoted, and no titles are known. The supposition relies on a reading of a passage in Athenaeus. There are two late citations to Juba that seem to be spurious. Photios cites the otherwise unknown ''On the Deterioration of Words'', while [[Fabius Planciades Fulgentius|Fulgentius]] cites a certain ''Fisiologia''. Both may have been epitomes of Juba's authentic works.<ref name=Roller179>Duane W. Roller, ''The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene'' (Routledge, 2003), pp. 179–181. {{ISBN|0-415-30596-9}}.</ref>

A treaty on metrics was formerly ascribed to him, but is now generally thought to have been written by an [[Juba (Roman metrician)|homonym]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ippolito |first1=Antonella |title=Iubas [1] |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2451-9278_Iubas_1_II |website=Lexicon of Greek Grammarians of Antiquity |publisher=Brill |doi=10.1163/2451-9278_Iubas_1_II |access-date=5 January 2024}}</ref>