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.




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