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📍📍Volubilis 📍📍 👉Excavations indicate that the site was originally settled by Carthaginian traders in the 3rd century BC, One of the Roman Empire’s most remote outposts, Volubilis was annexed in about AD40. According to some historian, Rome imposed strict controls on what could and could not be produced in its North African possessions, according to the needs of the empire. One result was massive deforestation and the large –scale planting of wheat around Volubilis. At peak, it is estimated that the city housed up to 20,000 people. The site’s most impressive monuments were built in the 2nd and 3rd centuries, including the triumphal arch, capitol, baths, and basilica.💯💯 👉As the neighboring Berber tribes began to reassert themselves, so the Romans abandoned Volubilis around Ad 280. Nevertheless, the city’s population 👨👩👦👦of Berbers, Greeks, Jews, and Syrians continued to speak Latin right up until the arrival of Islam. Moulay Idriss🤴 found sanctuary here in the 8th century, before moving his capital to Fez. Volubilis continued to be inhabited until the 18th century📅 when its marble was plundered for Moulay Ismail’s palaces🏰 in Meknes, and its building was finally felled by the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. ➡📲➡📲➡📲 👇👇WEBSITE 👇👇 👉 www.moroccofriendlytravel.com 👈 👇👇INSTAGRAM 👇👇 👉@moroccofriendlytravel 👈 👇👇WEIBO👇👇 👉@moroccofriendlytravel 👈 #morocco #meknes #travel #maroc #instatravel #marocco #history #marrakech #romanruins #romanempire #monument #travelgram #hongkonginstagrammer #marruecos #visitmorocco #vacances #oujda #africa #holiday #vacaciones#nationalgeographic #photography #midelt #blogger #volubilis #volubilisruins

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