The amphitheatre, of which some remains existed till recently, has entirely disappeared, the stones having been carried off for building. But this arch probably belongs to a later period than the age of Marius. Marius, the conqueror of the Teutones at Aix. On one of the attics the name “Mario” still exists, which has given rise to the opinion that the arch was erected in honour of C. Near the town is a triumphal arch, about 60 feet high, with three archways, of which the central arch is larger than the other two. Orange contains a great number of Roman remains. The consul Gnaeus Mallius Maximus was sent from Italy in 105 with an army to reinforce that of the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio and began negotiations with the invaders. The Cimbri and the Teutoni had invaded the Roman province of Transalpine Gaul about 110 bc. The name Secundani denotes some soldiers or cohorts of the Secunda legio, which we must suppose to have been settled here.Ī medal of Goltzius, if genuine, confirms this. 6, 105 bc), the defeat of a Roman army by Germanic tribes near Arausio (now Orange in southern France). It appears from Mela (2.5), who calls it “Secundanorum Arausio,” to have been made a Roman colony, and Pliny ( 3.4), who has the same expression, calls it a colonia. 185), north of Arelate ( Aries), on the road from Arelate to Vienna ( Vienne), and near the east bank of the Rhone, on a stream which flows into the Rhone.
ARAUSIO ARAUSIO ( Ἀραυσίων: Orange), a town in the territory of the Cavares or Cavari (Strab.
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