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Before being known as Volubulis, what could have been the capital of the Kingdom of Mauretania?
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Gilda could have been the capital of the Kingdom of Mauretania before being known as Volubulis. Gilda was a city in present-day Morocco. It was founded by the Carthaginians in the 6th century BC and was later conquered by the Romans. The city was renamed Volubulis in the 1st century AD and became the capital of the Kingdom of Mauretania.
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