Volubilis takes its name from the ancient Latin name for the Oleander
flower that blooms along natural oases and rivers and which must have
graced the land in these ancient times.
Volubilis was constructed on
what was probably a Carthaginian city, dating from 3rd century BC.
Volubilis was a central administrative city for this part of Roman
Africa, responsible for the grain producing in this fertile region, and
exports to Rome. Volubilis was also administering contacts with the
Berber tribes which the Romans never managed to suppress, but who only
came as far as to cooperate with the Romans for mutual benefits. http://lexicorient.com/morocco/volubilis.htm
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