Political situation 2. History Morocco is consistently used to denote the region in which the following events take place.
Morocco is however a modern name of the region.
Establishment of trading posts by the Phoenicians. These functioned separately from the communities in the interior of the country. Morocco becomes part of the province called Mauretania Tingitana. The Roman presence is met with hard resistance from the local rulers, resulting in numerous wars. Mauretania Tingitana is occupied by the Germanic tribe of Vandals.