Volubilis Apres Rome eBook

Le site archeologique le plus visite au Maroc, Volubilis est connu depuis longtemps pour ses mosaiques spectaculaires. Ce livre traite de ce qui est arrive a la ville apres le retrait de l'administration romaine a la fin du troisieme siecle. Les fouilles publiees ici montrent comment la ville a continue a survivre jusqu'au cinquieme siecle, avec des maisons d'elite commandant encore des mosaiques elegantes, et comment cette occupation a pris fin dans un seisme brutal. La ville renait au sixieme siecle avec de nouveaux occupants, la tribu berbere des Awraba. Au VIIIe siecle, il devint le siege de l'homme qui unit la plus grande partie du Maroc a la tete de l'Awraba, Idris I, descendant du prophete Mahomet. The most-visited archaeological site in Morocco, Volubilis has long been known for its spectacular mosaics. Instead, this book deals with what happened to the town after the Roman administration was withdrawn at the end of the third century. The excavations published here show how the town continued to survive into the fifth century, with elite houses still commissioning elegant and witty mosaics, and how this occupation came to an end in a brutal earthquake. The town revived in the sixth century with new occupants, the Berber Awraba tribe. In the eighth century, it became the headquarters of the man who united most of Morocco at the head of the Awraba, Idris I, a descendant of the prophet Mohammed. Contributeurs/Contributors: Ali Ait Kaci, Victoria Amoros-Ruiz, Mustafa Atki, Amira K. Bennison, Helen Dawson, Fatima-Zohra El-Harrif, Hafsa El Hassani, Abdallah Fili, Dorian Fuller, Guy Hunt, Anthony King, Tarik Moujoud, Gaetano Palumbo, Ruth Pelling, Susan Walker, Mark Wilson Jones.