A very long history
VOLUBILS MOROCCO
A very long history
The history of Volubilis covers more than ten centuries,the first core of the city,dated from the 2 nd century BC,equipped with a regular plan an perhaps an enclosure,extends over twelve hectares,it belongs then to the kingdom of Mauritania,but the vestiges of this period were most often destroyed or covered,
After the assassaination of king Ptolemy
And the annexation of the kingdom by the Roman Empire in 40 AD.
The city elevated to the rank of municipality has an important extention .During the reign of Marcus Aurelius 168-169 AD
New urban enclosure encompasses forty hectares.
In the 2nd and 3rd century,the monumental quarter is reorganized and a triumphal arch is erected in honor of Emperor Caracalla his mother Julia
Which exempts the inhabitants from taxe,and enjoy full citizenship like Roma.
About 285 after D-C the administration and the Roman army leave the city,after centuries of stability in Volubilis and their regions,only the western part of the site remains inhabited.
Of the inscriptions of 6th and 7th century testify to the christianization of the population .
The Umayyad state swept Nort africa with a religious war,this Umayyad ideological invation swept through the city of Volubils,before arrival Idriss.
Idriss came to Volubilis in 789 fugitive of the state Abbasid who overthrew the Umayyad state
He is proclaimed leader of the believers,he was killed by the Abbassids in 791.
Volubilis is not immediately abondoned,in 818 welcomes the Rabedis,refugees from the riot of a suburb of Cordova,an agglomeration still exists in the 11th century,it was able to survive until the Merinid period 13th-14th century.
After the assassaination of king Ptolemy
And the annexation of the kingdom by the Roman Empire in 40 AD.
The city elevated to the rank of municipality has an important extention .During the reign of Marcus Aurelius 168-169 AD
New urban enclosure encompasses forty hectares.
In the 2nd and 3rd century,the monumental quarter is reorganized and a triumphal arch is erected in honor of Emperor Caracalla his mother Julia
Which exempts the inhabitants from taxe,and enjoy full citizenship like Roma.
About 285 after D-C the administration and the Roman army leave the city,after centuries of stability in Volubilis and their regions,only the western part of the site remains inhabited.
Of the inscriptions of 6th and 7th century testify to the christianization of the population .
The Umayyad state swept Nort africa with a religious war,this Umayyad ideological invation swept through the city of Volubils,before arrival Idriss.
Idriss came to Volubilis in 789 fugitive of the state Abbasid who overthrew the Umayyad state
He is proclaimed leader of the believers,he was killed by the Abbassids in 791.
Volubilis is not immediately abondoned,in 818 welcomes the Rabedis,refugees from the riot of a suburb of Cordova,an agglomeration still exists in the 11th century,it was able to survive until the Merinid period 13th-14th century.
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