Timgad

Timgad
تيمقاد
	The Roman ruins of Timgad
	Shown within Algeria
Alternative name	Thamugas; Thamugadi;
Location	Batna Province, Algeria
Region	Maghreb
Coordinates	35°29′03″N 6°28′07″E / 35.48417°N 6.46861°E
Type	Settlement
History
Founded	100 CE
Abandoned	7th century
Periods	Roman Empire
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Timgad
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iii, iv
Designated	1982 (6th session)
Reference no.	194
Region	Arab States

Timgad (Arabic: تيمقاد, romanized: Tīmgād, 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 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.

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.