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Iulia Valentia Banasa

Coordinates: 34°36′06″N 06°06′56″W / 34.60167°N 6.11556°W / 34.60167; -6.11556
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Colonia Iulia Valentia Banasa
Roman ruins of Banasa: great occidental thermae
Iulia Valentia Banasa is located in Morocco
Iulia Valentia Banasa
Shown within Morocco
LocationSidi Ali Boujenoun, Kénitra Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco
Coordinates34°36′06″N 06°06′56″W / 34.60167°N 6.11556°W / 34.60167; -6.11556
TypeSettlement
History
BuilderAugustus
FoundedBetween 33 and 25 BC
AbandonedApproximately 285 AD

Iulia Valentia Banasa, corresponding to modern day Sidi Ali Boujnoun (Arabic: سيدي علي بوجنون)[1] was a Roman-Berber city in northern Morocco. It was one of the three colonias in Mauretania Tingitana[2] founded by emperor Augustus between 33 and 25 BC for veterans of the battle of Actium, on top of a Mauretanian village. The site was in fact already occupied by the local Amazigh people from the 4th century BC, or perhaps earlier.[3]

Characteristics

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Beautiful mosaics decorated the buildings and now most are shown at the Rabat Archaeological Museum.[4] Four bathhouses were discovered in Banasa.[1]

Some of the other major Roman companion cities to Iulia Valentia Banasa of this early era are Chellah and Volubilis, the latter of which shares the features of basilica and regular street pattern.[5]

Objects recovered at Banasa may be seen at the Rabat Archaeological Museum.[citation needed]

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  • Roman ruins of Banasa: thermae with fresco
    Roman ruins of Banasa: thermae with fresco
  • Stone written in Latin
    Stone written in Latin
  • Section of Roman column
    Section of Roman column
  • View of Banasa ruins
    View of Banasa ruins
  • View of the Roman Forum and Basilica
    View of the Roman Forum and Basilica
  • Hoard of 60 denarius silver coins found in Banasa
    Hoard of 60 denarius silver coins found in Banasa

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Maréchal, Sadi (2020-01-20). Public Baths and Bathing Habits in Late Antiquity: A Study of the Evidence from Italy, North Africa and Palestine A.D. 285-700. Brill. p. 356. ISBN 978-90-04-41942-1.
  2. ^ Dictionnaire de l'Antiquité. 2005
  3. ^ "BANASA (Sidi Ali bou Djenoun) Morocco". Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Banasa". Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  5. ^ Hogan, C. Michael (2007). "Chellah". The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham.

Bibliography

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  • William Seston & Maurice Euzennat, « La citoyenneté romaine au temps de Marc Aurèle et de Commode, d'après la Tabula Banasitana », CRAI, 105-2, 1961, p. 317-324
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