Timgad 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.
The Roman ruins of Timgad
Panorama of Timgad ruins
View of Timgad ruins
Image: lossy page 1 ETH BIB Ruinen von Timgad Mittelmeerflug 1928 LBS MH02 04 0170.tif
Marcus Ulpius Traianus (father of Trajan)
Marcus Ulpius Traianus was a Roman senator and the father of Emperor Trajan.
Bust at the National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade, usually identified as Trajan's father. It may instead depict Trajan himself.