Sidi Moussa is a village in the rural commune Karmet Ben Salem, Meknès Prefecture, Fès-Meknès region of Morocco. There are 63 people who lived there according to the 2004 official census.[1]

History

During the Roman Empire the village was the site of a castra that housed a cohort of Parthian troupes.[2] The castra was one of five in the area that guarded the nearby city of Volubilis from incursion from over the nearby Limes Africanus.[3]

References

  1. ^ 2004 official census
  2. ^ Rogerson, Barnaby (2010). Marrakesh, Fez and Rabat. London: Cadogan Guides. p237.
  3. ^ T. W. Potter, Le Limes De Tingitane. La Frontière Méridionale. By EuzennatM.. Études d'Antiquités Africaines. (Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 1989). 339 pages, 327 cited in Libyan Studies Volume 22 1991, p. 107.

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