If you ever hit Morocco, take a 40-minute cab ride from the city of Meknes, and you'll find yourself standing in front of the ruins of the Berber-Roman city of Volubilis. While the area around the city has been inhabited since Neolithic times, the Romans and the local Berber population never got around to building the city until the third century BC. It's situated on a great piece of real estate: in the same neighborhood as Zerhoun Mountain. It peaked in the second century of the common era, with a population of around 20,000 citizens. You could catch a gladiatorial match there, sell your grain, get a hot meal, or trade in olive oil.

Much of the city continued to stand as it was constructed for one thousand years. Sadly, in 1755, an earthquake hit the region that smacked the silly shit ou

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