Timgad - تيمقاد

A modern building in the "classical" style greets you on arrival at Timgad	The Cardo Maximus entering Timgad from the North Gate	Timgad is a complete Roman frontier city founded ca. 100 AD by the Emperor Trajan	Many Latin inscriptions are scattered around the archeological site of Timgad
Columns lining the Cardo Maximus, the main street of any classical Roman city	Timgad rose and grew under the Romans but by the time of the Arab conquest, the city was abandoned	Standing doorway, Timgad	Traveling companions I met in Constantine, Louis & Zackaria
Ancient Roman main street, the Cardo Maximus	Corinthian column capital, Timgad	Standing column, Library of Timgad	I'm glad we eventually invented spaces between words
Library of Timgad - Ex Liberalitate ... Coloniae Thamivgad	Public Library of Timgad	Apparently, of the whole Ancient Roman world, the ruins of public libraries have only been identified at Ephesus and Timgad	Ancient Roman Public Library, Timgad
Louis & Zack at the Library of Timgad	Spiral column, Library of Timgad	Cardo Maximus with the Public Library of Timgad on the right	Near the intersection of the Cardo Maximus and the Decumanus Maximus, the heart of any Roman city
The Decumanus Maximus with its chariot-rutted stones heading west to Trajan's Arch	Hexagonal inscription stone at the Forum of Timgad	North side of the Forum of Timgad	Amazing ruins on the very frontier of the Roman Empire, Timgad
Public latrine with sit-down toilets, a technology lost for centuries - and still not found in many countries today	Public latrine in the very center of ancient Timgad	The public toilets by the Forum were even decorated with carvings of dolphins	A double seater, Timgad
A wide single, Timgad	Forum Basilica, from Timgad's brief Christian era	Columns, columns! Get your columns here! Ionic, Doric, Corinthian! Put a few columns in front, turn any hovel into a showplace!	Forum of Timgad
Inscription on the Timgad Forum, ...Flavian...	An interesting script compared to "standard" Latin inscriptions at Timgad	Another spiral column, Timgad	Spiral column, Timgad
Forum of Timgad	Forum of Timgad	Panoramic view of the Timgad Forum	Steps around the Roman Forum, Timgad
Weeds growing up between the paving stones of the Roman Forum, Timgad	Roman Forum, Timgad	The Forum would have been surrounded by important buildings	Timgad inscription - Imperatore Caesare Divi Hadriani Filio Divi Traiane Pote Divi Nervae ...
Trajan's Arch, the most impressive standing structure in Timgad	Roman Theatre of Timgad, ca 160 AD	View to the northwest from the Theatre of Timgad	Panoramic view of the Theatre of Timgad
Zackaria on stage at the Roman Theatre, Timgad	Timgad's theatre could have seated up to 3500 spectators	Arch leading to the stage of the Roman Theatre of Timgad	Much of the theatre was destroyed in 539 AD to reuse the stones for the nearby Byzantine Fortress of Justinian
Roman Theatre of Timgad	Theatre of Timgad - stage right	View from the upper row, Roman Theatre of Timgad	Theatre of Timgad - stage left
The ancient Roman theatre of Timgad was restored by French archeologists	View of the Roman Forum of Timgad from the ancient theatre	The Arch of Trajan dominates the ancient ruins of Timgad	Zackaria of Constantine
Ancient Roman Theatre of Timgad	View of the ruins of Timgad from the theatre hill	Built a distance south of Timgad, the Byzantine Fort, ca 539 AD	The outline of the Grand South Baths clearly visible from the theatre hill, Timgad
Grid layout of southwestern Timgad from the theatre hill	The ancient Capitol of Timgad must have been impressive given the scale of the two standing columns	Theatre hill, one of several high spots within the ancient city of Timgad	Fallen column and capital, Timgad
Fallen inscription stone, Grand South Baths - Timgad	In situ mosaic, Grand South Baths of Timgad	Grand South Baths, Timgad	Carved stone doorway, Grand South Baths
Zacharia explores the lower level of the ancient baths	Lower level, Grand South Baths, Timgad	Roman brickwork of the Grand South Baths, Timgad	Lower level of the Grand South Baths, Timgad
Brick arches of the Grand South Baths, Timgad	Grand South Baths, Timgad	Grand South Baths, Timgad	Carved stone vessels abandoned at the Grand South Baths
Theatre Hill, Timgad	The Capitol, Timgad	The Capitol - just two standing columns	The Capitol, Timgad
Capitol colonnade, Timgad	Colonnade on the east side of Capitol Square, Timgad	This must have been an impressive sight in antiquity	Columns without capitals, Timgad
Looking east from the Capitol to the Roman Theatre, Timgad	The ancient Roman Forum from the Capitol	The Capitol, Timgad	Each of the tallest standing columns is 14m high
The Capitol was a temple dedicated to Jupiter, Juno and Minerava	Fallen titan, remains of one of the Capitol's other columns	The Capitol, Timgad	Massive column capital from the Capitol of Timgad
The Capitol of Timgad	The Capitol of Timgad	The Capitol of Timgad	The Capitol of Timgad
The Capitol of Timgad	Segmented columns used for the Capitol	The Capitol of Timgad	Twin columns still standing at the Capitol of Timgad
Timgad expanded well beyond the central core during its 6 centuries of inhabitance on the fringe of the Roman Empire	The Capitol of Timgad	Zackaria at the Capitol, Timgad	The Capitol of Timgad
Ruins of the Capitol, Timgad	The Capitol must have been Timgad's most impressive ancient temple	Capitol Hill, Ancient Timgad	Remains of a structure behind the Ancient Capitol
Cross the field of weeks to visit the Byzantine Fort south of the ancient city of Timgad	Timgad has some beautiful purple wildflowers	Crossing the meadows between Ancient Timgad and the Byzantine Fort	The Byzantine Fort was built ca 539 during the reign of Emperor Justinian
Byzantine Fort, Timgad	The Byzantines built their Fort using some stones pillaged from the Roman Theatre	Byzantine Fort, Timgad	Byzantine Fort, Timgad
Stone vessels left abandoned outside the Byzantine Fort, Timgad	Officers quarter and divine pool, Byzantine Fort, Timgad	Remains of what looks like a small church inside the Byzantine Fort, Timgad	The Byzantine Fort was built on an early water source
The Byzantine Fort of Timgad measures 112m x 67m	West side of the Byzantine Fort, Timgad	East side of the Byzantine Fort, Timgad	Detail of the Byzantine Fort, perhaps an ancient fountain
Fallen inscription stone inside the Byzantine Fort	Herringbone pattern brickwork on the floor of a ruined building inside the Byzantine Fort, Timgad	Inside the Byzantine Fort, Timgad	The Sacred Pool inside the Byzantine Fort, Timgad
Inside the Byzantine Fort, Timgad	Christian inscription in the Byzantine Fort	Walls of the Byzantine Fort, Timgad	Another toppled inscription stone, Byzantine Fort, Timgad
Remains inside the Byzantine Fort, Timgad	Ruins of the Byzantine Fort, Timgad	Steps in the Byzantine Fort, Timgad	Roman Road leading from Timgad to the Byzantine Fort
Part of the vast ruined city of Timgad with the Roman Theatre and Grand Southern Baths	Panoramic View of the Ancient Roman City of Timgad	"Suburban" Timgad in the distance	The Grand South Baths, Timgad
Scant remains of the Capitol, Timgad	The Capitol, Timgad	The Capitol, Timgad	The Ancient Roman Theatre, Timgad
The Capitol, Timgad	Colonnade in front of the Capitol	The Arch of Trajan, Timgad	the Roman Emperor Trajan ordered the establishment of Timgad on the southern frontier to quarter the Legion III Augusta
Sertius Market, Timgad	Sertius Market, Timgad	Sertius Market, Timgad	Sertius Market, Timgad
Sertius Market, Timgad	Timgad's full name was Colonia Marciana Traiana Thamugadi	UNESCO calls Timgad "a consummate example of a Roman military colony"	A pair of arches, TImgad
Trajan's Arch through the Arch of Walid	A row of 6 columns, Timgad	Trajan's Arch, Timgad	Trajan reigned as Roman Emperor 98-117 AD
Trajan established Timgad to defend the Roman frontier against the Berber tribes of teh Aures Mountains	Timgad was sacked by the Vandals in the 5th Century then briefly revived under Byzantium	Ruins of Timgad with Trajan's Arch	Trajan's Arch was partially restored by the French in 1900
The westward continuation of the Decumanus Maximus	The Arch of Trajan, Timgad	I'm being photographed by Louis	Louis and Zack with Trajan's Arch, Timgad
Trajan's Arch, Timgad	Trajan's Arch seen from the west	A circular brick structure, western Timgad	Gate labeled "Pagan Necropolis" on the map of Timgad
Sort of a Bi- version of the Tetrapylon in Palmyra	Pagan Necropolis, Timgad	Pagan Necropolis, Timgad	I don't know if the road continues to be called the Decumanus Maximus as it heads out of the city beyond Trajan's Arch
Pagan Necropolis Gate, Timgad	Pagan Necropolis Gate, Timgad	Pagan Necropolis Gate, Timgad	Pagan Necropolis Gate, Timgad
Ruins in the far west of Timgad	Looking back towards the Arch of Trajan and the Roman Amphitheatre of Timgad	Western Ruins, Timgad	Pagan Necropolis, Timgad
Western ruins beyond the old city centre of Timgad	Trajan's Arch, Timgad	Oh, to see what the city looked like in the 2nd-3rd C. AD	The vast ruins of Ancient Timgad
Ruins of Timgad with some kind of stone trough	Beyond Trajan's Arch, the Decumanus Maximus turns towards the northwest	Ruins of Ancient Timgad with the prominent remains of the Capitol and Trajan's Arch	Trajan's Arch, Timgad
Roman road leading up to Trajan's Arch from the west, Timgad	Roman road leading up to Trajan's Arch from the west, Timgad	Roman Road and Trajan's Arch	Temple near Trajan's Arch, Timgad
Inscription stone at the temple by Trajan's Arch	Roman road leading up to Trajan's Arch from the western temple, Timgad	The extensive Roman ruins at Timgad	Trajan's Arch from the small western temple, Timgad
Trajan's Arch, Timgad	Column fragment with Trajan's Arch	Column fragment with Trajan's Arch	The impressive monument of Timgad, Trajan's Arch
Trajan's Arch from the steps of the western temple	The western temple's remains are really just a grand stone staircase	Zackaria with Trajan's Arch	Ruts ground out by the wheels of chariots are visible leading to the central portal of Trajan's Arch
Trajan's Arch, Timgad	Roman road leading to Trajan's Arch	Roman road leading to Trajan's Arch	Northwest half of Trajan's Arch
Southwest half of Trajan's Arch	Detail of Trajan's Arch, Timgad	Corinthian column, Trajan's Arch	Grooves in the paving stones carved out by centuries of ancient chariot and wagon traffic
Latin inscription, Trajan's Arch, Timgad	Inscribed stone at Trajan's Arch	CONCORDIAE AVGG.. DOMINORVM ... IMPPL SEPTIM SEVERIE ...	Timgad from just inside Trajan's Arch
A plague of locusts? Timgad	Forrest of columns, Timgad	Ruins of ancient Timgad	Ruins of ancient Timgad
Back on the Cardo Maximus of Timgad	The Timgad Museum...closed...still	Sculpture outside the Timgad Museum	If they're leaving them outside, why not leave them in situ?
The all-seeing-eye? Timgad	Mercury on a carved stone, Timgad	Dozens of carved stones set out in front of the Timgad Museum	I have no idea if/when the Timgad Museum is going to open again
Roman couple, Timgad	Roman tombstone, Timgad	I think the woman is on the left	Ancient Roman tombstone propped up against the wall of the Timgad Museum
Roman tombstone, Timgad	At least in this one it's clear who the woman is	Roman tombstones, Timgad	Café outside the entrance to the Timgad Archeological Site
Engraving with Arabic writing showing the Arch of Trajan	Curio market outside the Archeological Park of Timgad	The Emperor Trajan depicted in the modern town of Timgad	Depiction of a Roman coin of Trajan, modern Timgad
These reliefs are on the road leading to the parking area for Timgad