Thamugadi
settlement · 30 BC – 2100 AD
A Roman colonial town founded in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria by the Emperor Trajan around AD 100. The city's full name was Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi. Trajan named the city in commemoration of his mother Marcia, eldest sister Ulpia Marciana, and father Marcus Ulpius Traianus.
- Coordinates
- 35.48522, 6.46822
- Also known as
- Thamvgadi (la), Timgad (fr), Timgad (fr)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)
- GeoNames · CC BY 4.0© GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)