Volubilis was connected by road to Lixus and Tingis but had no eastwards connections with the neighbouring province of Mauretania Caesariensis, as the territory of the Berber Baquates tribe lay in between.
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10 Facts About Volubilis
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Volubilis continued to be inhabited for centuries after the end of Roman control.
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Volubilis remained the capital of the region well into the Islamic period.
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Volubilis was proclaimed "imam" in Volubilis, occupied by the Awraba, under Ishaq ibn Mohammad.
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Volubilis married Kanza, from the Awraba, and fathered a son, Idris II, who was proclaimed imam in Volubilis.
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Volubilis was assassinated in Volubilis in 791 on the orders of the caliph of Baghdad, Harun al-Rashid.
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Much of Volubilis was excavated by the French during their rule over French Morocco between 1912 and 1955, but the excavations at the site began decades earlier.
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Today, many artefacts found at Volubilis can be seen on display in the Rabat Archaeological Museum.
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The grand houses for which Volubilis is famous are in the newer part, behind the Decumanus Maximus, which bisected the Roman-era part of the city.
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One of the most notable artefacts discovered at Volubilis, it is on display in the Archaeological Museum in Rabat.
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