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House of the bathing nymphes

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

Galen's thermal baths

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VOLUBILIS MOROCCO   Galen's thermal baths     The designation comes from an inscription found in this establishement ,dedicated to Emperor Galen,these public baths occupy a surface of   1330  square meters.The baths comprise also a room for exercice,a changing room and latrines.                                            

House of the rider

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             MOROCCO VOLUBILIS  THE OF THE  RIDER The house Owes it's 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,white some outbuildings (exedra,triclinium....)   0                     

Volubilis olives

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   VOLUBILIS  MOROCCO             The Romanian civilization                  Machine for olive oil  This machine is operated by two slaves.

Acrobat

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                                                                                VOLUBILIS  MOROCCO                     House of the acrobat It is called so in mosaic representing the parody of a horsman riding a donky back wards.                                                                                                                                                                          

GORDIAN PALACE

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                                                                            VOLUBILIS MOROCCO                   THE GORDIAN PALACE This big residetial house    Covering an area   of 4488  square meters,was rebuilt under the   reign of the Emperor :     GORDIAN / GORDIANUS in the 3 rd A.D                                between   238  and 244.

Dedication to Lucius Pompeius Senior.

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VOLUBILIS MOROCCO Dedication to Lucius Pompeius Senior Roman period Linston Base found in 1953 in the vestibule the palace Gordienus Dedication by Pompeius Antonianus and Pompeius Manlianus to their father Lucius Pompeius Senior,son of Marcus,registre in the Claudia trube. Amilitary tribune of the eighth legion Augusta,perfect of the second cohort Flavia of the Africans,a decurion of this municipe,endow of the public horse by the divine Antoninus Pious. Image in different colors