 After Ptolemy's murder in Rome, his former household slave Aedemon, from outrage and out of loyalty to his former master, wanted to take revenge against Caligula and started the revolt of Mauretania with the Berbers against Rome.The Berber revolt was a violent one and the rebels were skilled fighters against the Roman Army.The Roman generals Gnaeus Hosidius Geta and Gaius Suetonius Paulinus were needed to end the revolt.