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City of Volubilis
Volubilis is located in Morocco in particular, near the city of Fez in the plain of Mount Zerhoun. The city has become a prosperous center for the late Hellenistic culture, then it was annexed to the city of Rome in 44 AD. A municipality and a community have been established that exercises partial rights for Romen citizens, which were considered As a reward for supporting Rome during the Edmon Revolution, the region was known to Arabs by several names such as Oleli, Walila and the Wali, in addition to that the region possesses many Romen ruins, the most important of which is a square, a church from the second century AD and the Arc of Caracalla.
The city of Volubilis in Morocco
Volubilis is a Romen ruins and its history dates back to the Mauritanian capital, which was founded in the year 3 BC, where this city was built with many amazing buildings, but only some of the remaining remains and mosaics that were preserved as a souvenir of a city that was once prosperous, and the region is famous Having many archaeological remains of many civilizations, as the region produced many artistic materials such as marble, mosaics, bronze statues and many reliefs, these monuments help show the creative spirit of people who lived in that region throughout the ages, and is considered the most important It occurred in the region of Volubilis is the ramped Romen road that was built in 168-169 AD, and the region shows two topographic forms which is the relatively flat sloping region that is located in the northeastern part, the huge sector and part of the Arc de Triomphe that the Romens used as a system to bridge the urban gap, in addition to an area Roughest mountainous terrain that covers the southern and western parts of the region and which is characterized by terraces.
The history of the city of Volubilis
The city of Volubilis is considered one of the most important and largest archaeological sites in Morocco, as it contains the remains of settlements dating back to the pre-Romen era and early Islamic periods. It was considered the capital of the Mauritanian Queen under the rule of Juba II and Ptolemy, then the Romens seized it in AD 40, and the city acquired A great wealth as a result of its agricultural products, but the Romens abandoned it in the year 285 and with the arrival of the ruler Idris I, the founder of Fez who was considered the first Islamic ruler of Morocco, the city gained its reign again, before being abandoned again after the nineteenth century, and the city is newly managed by Effects of water for maintenance.
