A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The great ancient city of Tumgud is the largest known Roman settlement in North Africa.
In AD 100, Emperor Trajan founded the city on the northern slopes of the Aurus Massif, about 170 km south of the Mediterranean coast.
The ancient name of the city was Thamugadi. It is still impressive that the ruins are located at the intersection of six roads. It served as a Roman military garrison town, and its plans, laid out with great precision, reflect the skill of Roman urban planners. This outpost, set up on a perfectly square grid, had to control one of the mountains passing through the Ours Mountains up to the Sahara.
The town soon outgrew its original plan, and additional structures were added outside the grid. Tamgad, inhabited mainly by Roman ex-soldiers, was a peaceful city for several hundred years.
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