Mandrino 2020: A. Mandrino, La “scoperta” delle Euphorbiaceae: un insospettabile indizio degli orizzonti in politica estera di Giuba II, «Studia Oliveriana» 5-6, 2020, pp. 43-60.
This research analyzes the figure of Juba II of Mauretania in connection with the discovery of Euphorbia. Having ascertained that the king found only one of its subspecies - the chamaesyce -, that discovery has been contextualized. In fact, we have pointed out the difficult approach of the African realities to the Roman hegemony and the widespread feeling of autonomy even in political exponents loyal to Rome.