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Road Trip: The Berber-Roman city of Volubilis

Séamus Bellamy
Aug 18, 2025
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If you ever hit Morocco, take a 40-minute cab ride from the city of Meknes, and you'll find yourself standing in front of the ruins of the Berber-Roman city of Volubilis. While the area around the city has been inhabited since Neolithic times, the Romans and the local Berber population never got around to building the city until …

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