The archways contain vaulted ceilings which are of the honey comb pattern. A quadriga is a chariot with two wheels with four horses harnessed to it. On the top of the Orange Arch, there may have been statues of some sort along with a bronze quadriga. These columns acted as a frame for the arches in order to reduce the stress of the arch structures. The arches are built with columns that are fluted on tall plinths which act as a support to the arches. The Orange Arch is similar to the Arch of Constantine in that it contains three arches total, two on the side of the central arch which is taller than the two arches on the sides. Triumphal arches are arches built as a monument to commemorate a meaningful victory and a triumphal procession takes place beneath the arch. This characteristic is unlike the Arch of Constantine and the Arch of Titus which are triumphal arches. The Roman legion veterans built this arch as a monumental arch for the founding of their city.
There is an inscription on the arch added later on to the Emperor Tiberius because of the dedication to him. Later on in the history of Rome, this arch was dedicated to the Emperor Tiberius. On certain areas of the arch, there are shields of legions and trophy standards. The Arch also contains many scenes of battles ranging from naval battles to land battles. This Arch contains scenes of the history of Rome and how it was begun. The original name of orange was Colonia Firma Julia Secundanorum Arausio, which is inscribed on the arch itself. In the Roman days, it is said that the Orange Arch was built near the famous road Via Agrippa. During this period, the town and the principality of Orange belonged to the administration and province of Dauphiné.The large and beautifully designed Arch at Orange (Orange Arch) is located in Orange, France near the confluence of the Rhone River and the Aygues River. From the 12th century, Orange was raised to a minor principality, the Principality of Orange, as a fief of the Holy Roman Empire.
The sovereign Carolingian counts of Orange had their origin in the eighth century, and passed into the family of the lords of Baux. The Second Council of Orange was of importance in condemning what later came to be called Semipelagianism. It hosted two important synods, in 441 and 529. No longer a residential bishopric, Arausio, as it is called in Latin, is today listed by the Roman Catholic Church as a titular see.
It had, by then, become largely Christianized, and from the end of the third century constituted the Ancient Diocese of Orange. The town prospered, but was sacked by the Visigoths in 412. "Orange of two thousand years ago was a miniature Rome, complete with many of the public buildings that would have been familiar to a citizen of the Roman Empire, except that the scale of the buildings had been reduced – a smaller theater to accommodate a smaller population, for example." It is found in both the Tabula Peutingeriana and Le cadastre d'Orange maps. It was the capital of a wide area of northern Provence, which was parcelled up into lots for the Roman colonists. Roman Orange was founded in 35 BC by veterans of the second legion as Arausio (after the local Celtic water god), or Colonia Julia Firma Secundanorum Arausio in full, "the Julian colony of Arausio established by the soldiers of the second legion." The name was originally unrelated to that of the orange fruit, but was later conflated with it (see Orange (word)).Ī previous Celtic settlement with that name existed in the same place, and a major battle, which is generally known as the Battle of Arausio, had been fought in 105 BC between two Roman armies and the Cimbri and Teutones tribes.Īrausio covered an area of some 70 ha (170 acres) and was well-endowed with civic monuments in addition to the theatre and arch, it had a monumental temple complex and a forum. Orange (Provençal Occitan: Aurenja in classical norm or Aurenjo in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Vaucluse Department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France, about 21 km (13 mi) north of Avignon. Recorded names : Colonia Julia Secundanorum Arausio, Arausion, Arasione, Arausione, Aurasice, Aurengie, Aurenga, Orenga, Orenge, Aurenge, Arausio, Aurenja, Aurenjo
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