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Timgad

Timgad (, known as Marciana Traiana Thamugadi) was a Roman city in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria. It was founded by the Roman Emperor Trajan around 100 AD. The full name of the city was Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi. Emperor Trajan named the city in commemoration of his mother Marcia, eldest sister Ulpia Marciana, and father Marcus Ulpius Traianus.

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Timgad was a Roman city founded by Emperor Trajan around 100 AD in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria, with a name that honored his mother, sister, and father. It matters as an archaeological example of Roman urban planning and imperial commemoration in North Africa during the height of the Roman Empire.

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Ancient site.name: Timgad
Ancient site.native_name_lang: ar
Ancient site.image: Timgad (15685889550).jpg
Ancient site.caption: The Roman ruins of Timgad
Ancient site.map_type: Algeria
Ancient site.location: Batna Province, Algeria
Ancient site.region: Maghreb
Ancient site.type: Settlement
Ancient site.built: 100 AD
Ancient site.abandoned: 7th century
Ancient site.epochs: Roman Empire
Ancient site.designation1: WHS

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Located in modern-day Algeria, about east of the city of Batna, the ruins are noteworthy for representing one of the best extant examples of the grid plan as used in Roman town planning. Timgad was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982.