Timgad

Timgad
تيمقاد
The Roman ruins of Timgad
Timgad is located in Algeria
Timgad
Shown within Algeria
Alternative name
  • Thamugas
  • Thamugadi
LocationBatna Province, Algeria
RegionMaghreb
Coordinates35°29′03″N 6°28′07″E / 35.48417°N 6.46861°E / 35.48417; 6.46861
TypeSettlement
History
Founded100 AD
Abandoned7th century
PeriodsRoman Empire
Official nameTimgad
TypeCultural
Criteriaii, iii, iv
Designated1982 (6th session)
Reference no.194
RegionArab States

Timgad (Arabic: تيمقاد, romanizedTīmqād, 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.

Located in modern-day Algeria, about 35 kilometers (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. Timgad was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982.