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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient Roman city in northeast Algeria. Founded by Trajan in AD 100, it is sometimes called “the Pompeii of North Africa” because of its extensive, well-preserved ruins.
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- noun an ancient town founded by the Romans; noted for extensive and well-preserved ruins
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Examples
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The Ambassador says in reply to King Magnus -- "Oh, I suppose you mean, by Germany, the chain of more or less Soviet Republics between the Ural Mountains and the North Sea; and France, by which I take it you mean the Government at New Timgad, is too busy in Africa to fuss about what is happening at the end of your little Channel Tube; so long as Paris is full of Americans, and Americans are full of money, all's well in the west from the French point o f view."
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"To-morrow you will see Timgad, which is the most wonderful town in the world."
Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work C. Creighton Mandell 1922
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Volubilis seems to have had the extent and wealth of a great military outpost, such as Timgad in Algeria; but in the seventeenth century it was very nearly destroyed by Moulay-Ismaël, the Sultan of the Black
In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899
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Timgad is a bit of an extreme example, but only because the Roman city is so clearly visible.
REVIEW: XXXI James Maliszewski 2008
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Listen to Belloc again in words written from the solitude of the Sahara as he pondered the ruins of Timgad:
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A bronze plaque was affixed to a public building in Timgad, in Numidia (now Algeria), a city built as a bastion against the Berbers, which literally provided a recommended price list for payments to ensure the prosecution and success of various kinds of litigation.
The Sack of Washington Murphy, Cullen 2007
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We went to Africa merely to see Timgad, since my principal interest in life is archeology.
Tender is the Night 2003
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Always interested in the relics of the mighty past Lord Northsquith made a special trip to the East Algerian Highlands to visit Timgad, and spent several minutes in the _tepidarium_ of the Roman baths.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-14 Various
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Such a people lived in Timgad and left it probably about the time that waning Rome began to call home her outposts.
Unhappy Far-Off Things Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917
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When all the clatter had died away Timgad stood there in silence.
Unhappy Far-Off Things Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917
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