Volubilis Annex — Tocolosida Fort on Sebou Bend
Roman frontier (30 BCE–285 CE Tocolosida aux fort; 40 CE Claudian)·Roman Mauretania Tingitana frontier auxilia·🇲🇦 Fès-Meknès, near Volubilis, Moulay Idriss hinterland, Tocolosida fanum, Morocco
About
About Volubilis Annex — Tocolosida Fort on Sebou Bend
Tocolosida surveyed by Euzennat 1960s, Volubilis limes hamlet 5 km. Recorded context — Period: Roman frontier (30 BCE–285 CE Tocolosida aux fort; 40 CE Claudian); Culture: Roman Mauretania Tingitana frontier auxilia; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: limestone, tegula tile; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Roman Mauretania Tingitana frontier auxilia fortress with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Observatory
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 30 BCE fort; annex 40 CE annex fanum
- Period
- Roman frontier (30 BCE–285 CE Tocolosida aux fort; 40 CE Claudian)
- Culture
- Roman Mauretania Tingitana frontier auxilia
- Purpose
- Roman frontier auxiliary fort (200 m × 120 m) and fanum of Aulisua — outermost Tingitana limes watching Sebou plain
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1981
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
1890 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Volubilis Annex — Tocolosida Fort on Sebou Bend
c. 30 BCE fort; annex 40 CE annex fanum
Initial construction / first occupation at Volubilis Annex — Tocolosida Fort on Sebou Bend
On the ground
Structures & features
34.0250° N · 5.5900° W · 380 m · 4 mapped features
- Volubilis Annex — Tocolosida Fort on Sebou Bend — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Volubilis Annex — Tocolosida Fort on Sebou Bend — primary structure34.0246° N · 5.5900° W
- Volubilis Annex — Tocolosida Fort on Sebou Bend — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at Volubilis Annex — Tocolosida Fort on Sebou Bend — outlier feature34.0263° N · 5.5918° W
- Volubilis Annex — Tocolosida Fort on Sebou Bend — Rock_Art Annex 3rock artrock art at Volubilis Annex — Tocolosida Fort on Sebou Bend — outlier feature34.0231° N · 5.5903° W
- Volubilis Annex — Tocolosida Fort on Sebou Bend — Eastern Structurestructurestructure at Volubilis Annex — Tocolosida Fort on Sebou Bend — primary structure34.0262° N · 5.5900° W