- Source: Iulia Valentia Banasa
Iulia Valentia Banasa was a Roman-Berber city in northern Morocco. It was one of the three colonias in Mauretania Tingitana founded by emperor Augustus between 33 and 25 BC for veterans of the battle of Actium, on top of a Mauretanian village. The site was in fact already occupied by the local Amazigh people from the 4th century BC, or perhaps earlier.
Characteristics
Beautiful mosaics decorated the buildings and now most are shown at the Rabat archeological museum
Some of the other major Roman companion cities to Iulia Valentia Banasa of this early era are Chellah and Volubilis, the latter of which shares the features of basilica and regular street pattern.
Objects recovered at Banasa may be seen at the Rabat Archaeological Museum.
Gallery
See also
Iulia Campestris Babba
Iulia Constantia Zilil
Lixus
Mauretania Tingitana
Rusadir
Sala Colonia
Tamuda
Thamusida
Tingis
Volubilis
References
Bibliography
William Seston & Maurice Euzennat, « La citoyenneté romaine au temps de Marc Aurèle et de Commode, d'après la Tabula Banasitana », CRAI, 105-2, 1961, p. 317-324
External links
Diplomatie France
Catalogue des Mosaïques de Banasa
Tabula Banasitana
Manar al-Athar digital photo archive (photos of different areas and angles of the site)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Iulia Valentia Banasa
- Banasa
- Mauretania Tingitana
- Thamusida
- Volubilis
- Iulia Constantia Zilil
- Lixus (ancient city)
- Sijilmasa
- History of Morocco
- Iulia Campestris Babba
