The town of Arausio was originally the Celtic capital of a region now part of modern day France. The word Celtic can refer to: the European Celtic people, ancient or modern the Celtic languages, spoken by these people and their modern descendents the Celtic (Lusitania), Celts from the Alentejo. ...

The name comes from a water deity. A deity or a god, is a postulated preternatural being, usually, but not always, of significant power, worshipped, thought holy, divine, or sacred, held in high regard, or respected by human beings. ...

It is now better known as Orange, the later name coming from a period when the town was owned by the Dutch House of Orange. Roman theatre at Orange, France Orange (Arenjo in Provençal) is a city in the département of Vaucluse, in the south of France. ... The Principality of Orange The title originally referred to the sovereign principality of Orange in southern France, which was a property of the House of Orange (from 1702 Orange-Nassau). ...

In 105 BC, a major battle was fought between two Roman armies and the Cimbri and Teutoni tribes, which is generally known as the Battle of Arausio. The battle saw the armies of Caepio and Mallius destroyed when Caepio refused to join forces with Mallius in order to secure the prestige of a victory for himself. The Romans suffered between 60,000-90,000 dead at the battle, which sent panic throughout Italy at the prospect of imminent invasion. Livy characterized it as the worst defeat since Cannae. However, after the battle the Germans retreated into Gaul and Spain, likely due to logistical concerns. The primary accounts of the battle are found in Livy, Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus, and Granius Licinianus. Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC - 100s BC - 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC Years: 110 BC 109 BC 108 BC 107 BC 106 BC - 105 BC - 104 BC 103 BC... See also Roman Republic (18th century) and Roman Republic (19th century). ... The Cimbri lived around a bay near Heligoland and near the Elbe. ... This entry is about the Teutonic people, not to be confused with the Teutonic Knights. ... Battle of Arausio - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

In 35 BC the town was reinvested as a colony by vetrans of the Second Gallica legion. It hosts a particularly important and spectacular example of a Roman theatre. Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC - 30s BC - 20s BC 10s BC 0s 10s 20s Years: 40 BC 39 BC 38 BC 37 BC 36 BC 35 BC 34 BC 33 BC 32 BC 31 BC... Legion can refer to: A Roman legion A Polish Legion A Foreign Legion Legion, a X-Men character. ... Theatre is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts. ...