Roman North Africa's most elaborate labyrinth floor mosaics, spanning Tipasa, Thamugadi, and Timgad — three colonial cities founded between the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. Timgad (Thamugadi), founded by Trajan in 100 CE, preserves labyrinth mosaics in its bathhouses with meander-type designs reflecting the Roman obsession with ordered geometry. These Numidian sites sit on the Saharan Atlas front at Giza bearing 291.67° — aligning with the east-west band of Roman labyrinth distribution across the Mediterranean.
Labyrinth Details
Pattern
Roman Meander
Circuits
4 paths, 5 walls
Material
mosaic
Count
3 labyrinths
Age
2nd-4th century AD
Condition
damaged
Country
Algeria
Region
Timgad, Batna Province
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