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Volubilis
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Volubilis

Ancient city · Morocco

Abandoned
1710
Founded
399 BC
Population
—
Coordinates
34.040, -5.563
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: древнеримский город

History

Volubilis is a partly excavated Berber-Roman city in Morocco, situated near the city of Meknes, that may have been the capital of the Kingdom of Mauretania, at least from the time of King Juba II. Before Volubilis, the capital of the kingdom may have been at Gilda.

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