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Orange, Vaucluse
Orange (French pronunciation: [ɔʁɑ̃ʒ] ⓘ; Provençal: Aurenja (classical norm) or Aurenjo (Mistralian norm)) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is about 21 km (13 mi) north of Avignon, on the departmental border with Gard, which follows the Rhône and also constitutes the regional border with Occitania. Orange is the second-most populated city in Vaucluse, after Avignon.
The name itself derived from an earlier Proto-Celtic *far-aws(y)o-, which literally means 'in front of the ear' (cf. Old Irish ara, arae; Ancient Greek pareiaí, parauai < *par-ausiā). This became the Gaulish ar-aus(i)o- ('temple, cheek'). It is cognate with the name of other ancient settlements, including Arausa, Arausia, Arausona (Dalmatia) and the nearby Oraison (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).
The settlement is attested in Latin as Arausio in the first century CE, as Arausion in the second century, as civitas Arausione in the fourth century, as civitas Arausicae in 517 (via a Germanized form *Arausinga), as Aurengia civitatis in 1136, and, finally, as Orenga in 1205.
The name was originally unrelated to that of the orange fruit, but was later conflated with it during the Middle Ages.
A Celtic settlement called Aurasio existed in the same place, named after a local sacred spring. A major battle was fought there in 105 BC between two Roman armies and the Cimbri and Teutones tribes.
In 35 BC, after Julius Caesar conquered Gaul, veterans of the second legion established a Roman city on the site, also named Arausio, or Colonia Julia Firma Secundanorum Arausio in full, "the Julian colony of Arausio established by the soldiers of the second legion."
Roman Arausio 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.
It was the capital of a wide area of northern Provence, which was parcelled up into lots for the Roman colonists. "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.
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Orange, Vaucluse
Orange (French pronunciation: [ɔʁɑ̃ʒ] ⓘ; Provençal: Aurenja (classical norm) or Aurenjo (Mistralian norm)) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is about 21 km (13 mi) north of Avignon, on the departmental border with Gard, which follows the Rhône and also constitutes the regional border with Occitania. Orange is the second-most populated city in Vaucluse, after Avignon.
The name itself derived from an earlier Proto-Celtic *far-aws(y)o-, which literally means 'in front of the ear' (cf. Old Irish ara, arae; Ancient Greek pareiaí, parauai < *par-ausiā). This became the Gaulish ar-aus(i)o- ('temple, cheek'). It is cognate with the name of other ancient settlements, including Arausa, Arausia, Arausona (Dalmatia) and the nearby Oraison (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).
The settlement is attested in Latin as Arausio in the first century CE, as Arausion in the second century, as civitas Arausione in the fourth century, as civitas Arausicae in 517 (via a Germanized form *Arausinga), as Aurengia civitatis in 1136, and, finally, as Orenga in 1205.
The name was originally unrelated to that of the orange fruit, but was later conflated with it during the Middle Ages.
A Celtic settlement called Aurasio existed in the same place, named after a local sacred spring. A major battle was fought there in 105 BC between two Roman armies and the Cimbri and Teutones tribes.
In 35 BC, after Julius Caesar conquered Gaul, veterans of the second legion established a Roman city on the site, also named Arausio, or Colonia Julia Firma Secundanorum Arausio in full, "the Julian colony of Arausio established by the soldiers of the second legion."
Roman Arausio 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.
It was the capital of a wide area of northern Provence, which was parcelled up into lots for the Roman colonists. "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.
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