Historical place profile
Thamugadi
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.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:334636
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:334636
- Place type
- settlement, urban
- Coordinates
- 35.485216, 6.468222
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
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.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 34 E2 Thamugadi
Source and reuse
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