Thamugadi
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Jonathan Fu
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Last modified
Jun 19, 2020 11:09 AM
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History
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UWHS
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.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/334636
- Unnamed aqueduct supplying Thamugadi connection Thamugadi (unspecified date range)
urban area, settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 34 E2 Thamugadi
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Timgad
E.W.B. Fentress, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, and Jonathan Fu, 'Thamugadi: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/334636> [accessed: 24 January 2021]
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