Panels of arms and naval spoils, and its battle scenesĪre well known. With a double attic and central pediment, its trophies, Innovation, at the same time showing a “rare virtuosity” It hasīeen described as the oldest of the homogeneous tripleĪrches, with the clumsiness of a provincial attempt at Reached the city it was erected on the foundations ofĪn earlier monument (either an arch or a gate). The former stands 50 m N of the rampart and marks the spot where the Agrippan road The most famous monuments at Orange are the archĪnd the theater. Monuments and remains of a number of others. Many of them in the museums at Avignon and Saint-Germain-en-Laye) but also two extremely important Many objects (sculptures, pottery, inscriptions, etc.,
Orange is fortunate in having preserved not only a great There is nothing left of the forum, but on the other hand Where the two axes crossed, that is, N of the theater: Wall, also that of the decumanus which is strictly perpendicular to it. Up to a postern gate in the S curtain of the surrounding Maximus has been traced from the arch N of the city Standing in situ, and the orientation of the modern streetsĪll point to a strict overall plan. Sewers and foundations, those monuments that are still Of low ground, which would give it a perimeter ofģ,500 m and a total area of some 70 ha. Then at the foot of the hill to the N enclosed some 50 ha In shape, it ran around the Saint-Eutrope hill to the S, Official name, Colonia Julia Firma Secundanorum Arausio, a colony with Roman rights for veterans of the 2d Gallic Legion.įrom various remains that have been found of theĬity rampart it is possible to trace its plan. The Roman legions occupied the hill in their campaignĪgainst the Cimbri and the Teutones, and one of theįunctions given the colony that Augustus created ca.ģ5 B.C. Providing a means of controlling the great traffic routeĪlong the banks of the Rhbne. Plain, dominating the whole region and in particular Saint-Eutrope hill rises more than 100 m above the That it was occupied for so many centuries may be explained by the strategic importance of the site: the Name from that of a water divinity (dedication Arausioni on a bronze tablet: Inscr. Like Nîmes-Nemausus, Orange very likely got its Of the confederation into six civitates, the chief citiesīeing Valence, Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux, Carpentras, People were one of the most rapidly and thoroughly Probably allied with Marseille, then with Rome at the time of the conquest, these Up of the Cavares properly speaking-the Menini, Segovellauni, and Tricastini-and was the richest and most The centers of the confederation of the Cavares, occupying the corridor of the Rhône between the Durance and Situated 7 km E of the Rhône and slightly S of theĪigues river, Arausio in pre-Roman times was one of
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