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Dedication to Emperor Severus Alexander

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               MOROCCO  VOLUBILIS             Dedication to Emperor Severus Alexander   Emperor Severus Alexander                 Base Statue reused the fountain of furum. Discovered in 1935. Limestone. Dedication to Emperor Severus Alexander by order of City Council of Volubilis. Between 11 March and 9 December 272.                              

Dedication to the Emperor Septimus Severus

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            MOROCCO VOLUBILIS          Dedication to the Emperor Septimus Severus .        Emperor Septimus Severus                   Fragment of a large inscription found under the portico north of the forum . Between 1 January and 9 December 202 . Limestone . First line hammered the name of Emperor Geta  And his relationship with Emperor Septimus Severus  And with Emperor Caracalla .                                                                                     Emperor Caracalla                         Emperor Geta

Preparing bread for an old method

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                               MOROCCO                               Preparing bread for an old method  Collect the cow dung and paste on the      wall,until dry .then use fuel inside the oven.                                        

Of ancient walls in the city of Fes

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     MOROCCO  THE CITY OF FEZ The ancient walls of the city of fez  The first city established after the  city  of Volubilis  and mountain of zerhoune 

Wild Figs

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              MOROCCO             This is wild fig. Summer fruit.

House of the bathing

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  MOROCCO     VOLUBILIS    HOUSE OF THE BATHING NYMPHES  This house is called so due to the mosaic representing Diana , the goddess of the Hunt , bathing with nymphes . The same mosaic ornates one of rooms in the house called the house of Venus in Volubilis .

House of the rider

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  MOROCCO     VOLUBILIS   HOUSE OF THE  RIDER  The house oWest it'seems name to the discovery in 1918 of a bronze rider . The house plan presents a quadrilateral form , it is of 1700 square metres and hos a pĂ©ristyle at the center , with some outbuildings  ( exedra , triclinium ..........   )

Site of volubilis

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MOROCCO   VOLUBILIS   Archaeological site of Volubilis 40 AD : Annexation of western  Mauritania  ( including Volubilis ) to the  Romanian Empire , with Tingi ( Tangier ) as  capital . Towards 44 : Volubilis receives from  the Emperor CLAUDIUS   the statue of Roman municipality . Towards   50 - 100 : Open of large construction sites of the new Town : northeast quarter ,  thermal baths of the North , aqueduct   etc ............  168 -  169 :  During the reign of Emperor MARCUS AURELIUS , the city and endowed with a vast enclosure with nine doors and after forty towers .   216 -  217 :  Dedication of the triumphal arch to CARACALLA   and his mother  JULIA . 217 :  Completion of  the construction of the Capitol , the basilica and the curia  . Towards   255 : The imperial authorities evacuat the city of Volubilis and all the zone to the south of the loukkos .

The house of big game

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MOROCCO     VOLUBILIS The house of big game The designation comes from the mosaic representing big game embellishing one of the rooms on the peristyle.  Ithe comprises a secondary apartment attached to the house,with shops on one facade. 

The decumanus maximus

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 MOROCCO VOLUBILIS     The decumanus maximus This is the biggest and the most prestigious thoroughfare in the city. The porticos lead to the adjoining houses on both sides of the road,which forms a near-perfect straight line from the Tangier Gate to the Caracalla arch                                              Tangier Gate                    Main street,in the direction of Tangier Gate                  Main street,in the direction of the                                      Caracalla arch           CARACALLA Arch

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