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Overview of the ruins of Volubilis located in the middle of a fertile plain about 33km north of Meknès in northern Morocco, near the heights of the Atlas Mountains. Volubilis developed from the 3rd century CE onwards and became an important...

The House of Orpheus at Volubilis (in modern-day Morocco) takes its name from the large mosaic depicting Orpheus playing the lyre to an audience of animals and birds. The mosaic embellished the house's triclinium (dining room), where the...

This mosaic depicts the twelve labours the demigod Hercules had to perform as penance for killing his wife and children. It decorated the triclinium (dining room) of the so-called House of the Labours of Hercules in Volubilis (modern-day...

A Roman mosaic depicting an athlete riding a donkey backwards. From the House of the Athlete in Volubilis. Near Rabat, Morocco.

A Roman mosaic from the House of the Knight, Volubilis.

A view of the Basilica and Capitoline Temple in Volubilis the old western capital of Mauretania. Near Rabat, Morocco.

The Capitolium of Volubilis in modern-day Morocco with its porticoed courtyard and single cella was a temple dedicated to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva. It was completed under the reign of Emperor Macrinus in 218 CE. Erected on a tall podium...

The Decumanus Maximus was the main east-west street of the ancient city of Volubilis (modern-day Morocco). It was paved with footways on either side and was lined with arcaded porticoes and shops.

Morocco, then known as Mauretania, was annexed by the Roman Empire in 40 CE. The Romans in Morocco left a vast legacy with archaeological sites that dot the country's northern landscape, especially Volubilis, with its vestiges of Roman houses...

The triumphal arch at Volubilis (Morocco) was erected sometime between December 216 and April 217 CE by the council of Volubilis in honour of the emperor Caracalla who bestowed Roman citizenship on its inhabitants and exempted them from paying...