Mauretania Tingitana

The western sliver of old Mauretania, split off in 44 CE and run separately because its coast faced Spain across the Strait, not Numidia and Carthage further east. Volubilis, its inland showpiece city, had already built the arch, basilica and capitol its ruins are known for today — one of the best-preserved Roman city plans left standing on the African continent.

Cities on the map

• Volubilis — Frontier city at the edge of the empire, only recently annexed (44 CE). Olive-oil boom town.

3 places on the map

• Cotta · Garum Factory
• House of Orpheus, Volubilis · Villa
• Lixus · Garum Factory

Sources

• Pliny the Elder, Natural History 5.2
• Barrington Atlas