TIMGAD: The Roman City, Batna, Algeria : ر

Follow me on ⤵️ #YouTube ➡ #Facebook➡ #Instagram➡ One of the finest Roman sites in existence, the ruins of Timgad stretch almost as far as the eye can see over a plain that in winter is cold and desolate and in summer hot and tinder-dry. Its perfect preservation has made it a Unesco World Heritage Site. Timgad lies on the northern slopes of the Aurès mountains and was created ex nihilo as a military colony by the Emperor Trajan in AD 100. With its square enclosure and orthogonal design based on the cardo and decumanus, the two perpendicular routes running through the city, it is an excellent example of Roman town planning. In the 7th century the town was destroyed by the Berbers and over time became buried by the Saharan sands and because of this some of the ruins are still in extraordinary preservation. When visiting Timgad, you can still see the bath houses, library