Sidi Said, Morocco
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سيدي سعيد | |
  Shown within Morocco | |
| Location | Meknès Prefecture, Fès-Meknès, Morocco |
|---|---|
| Region | Mauretania |
| Coordinates | 34°04′16″N 05°34′10″W / 34.07111°N 5.56944°W[1] |
| Type | other |
| History | |
| Founded | 2nd Century AD |
| Abandoned | 6th century AD |
| Cultures | Roman |
Sidi Said, Morocco is a hamlet in Morocco located at 28° 27' 36" North, 10° 34' 12" [2] was one of five castra that, during the Roman period, guarded the city of Volubilis from incursion over the nearby Limes Africanus. Sidi Said was the base for the Cohors IV Gallorum equitata, an auxiliary cavalry unit from Gaul. Rome's control over the area ended, however, following the chaos of the Crisis of the Third Century, when the empire nearly disintegrated as a series of generals seized and lost power through civil wars, palace coups and assassinations.[3]
the Arabs had arrived in 708. The Idrissids (786–917), established their capital at nearby Volubilis, a few kilometers north-west of Sidi Said. The city of Meknes to the south was founded by the Almoravids in the 11th century, as a military establishment and Almohads, toppled the Almoravids in 1147.