Timgad

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Timgad or Thamugadi (colonia Marciana Traiana Thamugadi in latin, Arabic: تيمقاد, romanized: Tīmqād,) , nicknamed the «Pompeii of north africa» was a Roman city in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria. It was founded by the Roman Emperor Trajan around 100 CE. 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. Timgad is Located in modern-day Algeria, about 35 km (22 mi) 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. In 1982, UNESCO inscribed Timgad as a World Heritage Site.

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