Iulia Valentia Banasa

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Colonia Iulia Valentia Banasa
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LocationSidi Ali Boujenoun, Kénitra Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco
Coordinates 34°36′06″N06°06′56″W / 34.60167°N 6.11556°W / 34.60167; -6.11556
TypeSettlement
History
Builder Augustus
FoundedBetween 33 and 25 BC
AbandonedApproximately 285 AD

Iulia Valentia Banasa was a Roman-Berber city in northern Morocco. It was one of the three colonias in Mauretania Tingitana [1] 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. [2]

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Characteristics

Beautiful mosaics decorated the buildings and now most are shown at the Rabat archeological museum. [3]

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. [4]

Objects recovered at Banasa may be seen at the Rabat Archaeological Museum.

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References

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  1. ↑ Dictionnaire de l'Antiquité. 2005
  2. ↑ "BANASA (Sidi Ali bou Djenoun) Morocco" . Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Banasa". Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  4. ↑ Hogan, C. Michael (2007). "Chellah". The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham.
  5. ↑ William Seston. Tabula Banasitana ( Banasa )

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