HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS · 3rd C. BCE–8th C.
Volubilis, Morocco
Volubilis was an important town of the Roman province of Mauretania Tingitana. Idris I settled here in 788.
The story, as a puzzle
Olives on the frontier.
Olive presses, mosaics and a triumphal arch survive at this Roman frontier town in North Africa, which in 788 became the first base of the founder of a new Islamic dynasty. Pin it.
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