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The Arch of Caracalla is one of Volubilis' most distinctive sights, situated at the end of the city's main street, the Decumanus Maximus. Although it is not architecturally outstanding, [51] the triumphal arch forms a striking visual contrast with the smaller Tingis Gate at the far end of the decumanus.
Stone ruins of the Capitoline Temple at Volubilis The building incorporates a tetrastyle architectural design, and was dedicated to the Roman Emperor Macrinus . [ 1 ] The temple is earmarked for the trinity of Roman gods , Juno , Jupiter and Minerva . [ 2 ]
Arch of Caracalla (Volubilis) Arch of Caracalla (Thebeste) Arch of Caracalla (Djémila) This page was last edited on 27 December 2019, at 17:28 (UTC). Text is ...
Roman Ruins in Volubilis, Morocco Ruins of the Roman Arch of Trajan at Thamugadi (Timgad), Algeria. During his civil war Julius Caesar defeated the partisans of Pompey at the Battle of Thapsus in 46 BC. After the battle the previously independent kingdom of Numidia, whose king, Juba I had sided with Pompey, was divided.
A triumphal arch is a free-standing monumental structure in the shape of an archway with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road, ...
Perhaps the most characteristic arch type of Moroccan and western Islamic architecture generally is the so-called "Moorish" or "horseshoe" arch. This is an arch where the curves of the arch continue downward past the horizontal middle axis of the circle and begin to curve towards each other, rather than just being semi-circular (forming half a ...
40 CE - Romans in power in Volubilis. [1] 217 CE - Caracallas Victory Arch erected (approximate date) in Volubilis. [1] 285 CE - Volubilis "abandoned by the Roman military;" Berber Baqates subsequently rise to power. [1] 10th century CE - Zenata Berber Miknasa settle in area (approximate date). [2]
Post-and-lintel construction is one of four ancient structural methods of building, the others being the corbel, arch-and-vault, and truss. [ 1 ] A noteworthy example of a trabeated system is in Volubilis , from the Roman era, where one side of the Decumanus Maximus is lined with trabeated elements, while the opposite side of the roadway is ...