Nero Claudius Drusus waged a long campaign against the Frisii, Sigambri, the Chauci, and the Marcomanni between 12 and 9 BCE, while his brother Tiberius fought in Germania from 12 to 6 BCE. Thus Augustus's army campaigned in Gaul and Germany in 30-29 BCE against the Morini, Treviri, and Suebi. This triumphal arch celebrated probably the successful campaigns of Augustus and various members of the Julio-Claudian family in Gaul and in Germany. The arch is the oldest surviving example of a design that was used later in Rome itself, for the Arch of Septimius Severus and the Arch of Constantine. The arch was inserted into the town's walling during the Middle Ages to guard the northern entry. The reading of the inscription proposed by contemporary scholars is very different: “To Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus, grandson of the divine Julius, Augustus, pontifex maximus, exercising tribunician power for the twenty-eighth time, emperor for the eighth time, consul for the fourth time, given back to him by the administration of the colony (or refounder of the colony)”. Thus, Pierre Hebert dated the arch to 12 CE. A first reading was proposed in 1862 by Pierre Hebert: “To the son of Julius Caesar, to the emperor Caius Julius Caesar Augustus, exerting the tribunician power for the eleventh time, the 36 th cohors of volunteers and the city of Arausio Iulia, colony of the second legion, in remembrance of Egypt, Gallia Comata and defeated Germany, submitted to the payment of the tribute, elevated and dedicated this arch in the name of the whole country”. Attempts at reconstructing its text from the placement of cramp holes for the projecting tines of its letters have not been successful. It was later reconstructed by Tiberius to celebrate the victories of Germanicus over the German tribes in the Rhineland. According to an inscription, the triumphal arch of Orange was first erected during the rule of Augustus (27 BCE – 14 CE). The city was surrounded by walls and included a forum as well as a theatre. In 35 BCE, the veterans of the Second Legion Augusta founded a colony, the Colonia Iulia Firma Secundanorum Arausio. A major battle was fought there in 105 BCE, between two Roman armies and the Cimbri and Teutones tribes. The name Arausio originated in the name of the Celtic water god. The inscription is then dated to 26/27 CE.Īrausio was originally a Celtic oppidum. To Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus, grandson of the divine Iulius, Augustus, pontifex maximus, exercising tribunician power for the twenty eighth time, imperator for the eighth time, consul for the fourth time, given back to him by the administration of the colony (or refounder of the colony). Ti(berio) Caesar(i), divi Augusti f(ilio), divi Iuli nepoti, Augusto, Pontifici Maximo, Potestate XXVIII Imperatori IIX Co(n)s(uli) IIII restituit R(es) P(ublica) coloniae (or : restitutori coloniae) To the son of Iulius Caesar, to the emperor Caius Iulius Caesar Augustus, exercising the tribunician power for the eleventh time, the 36 th cohors of volunteers and the city of Arausio Iulia, colony of the second legion, in remembrance of Egypt, Gallia Comata and defeated Germany, submitted to the payment of the tribute, elevated and dedicated this arch in the name of the whole country. Imp(eratori) Caio I(ulio) Cæ(sari) Augusto divi I(ulii) fil(io) Ægypt(o) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) XI comat(a) tribut(aria) Germania victaCoh(ors) XXXIII volunt(ariorum) (et) colonia Araus(io) I(ulia) secundan(orum) hunc arc(um) ded(icavit) publice IMP CAIO I CÆ AVGVSTO DIVI I FIL ÆGYPT TRP XI COMAT TRIBVT GERMANIA VICTA COH XXXIII VOLVNT COLONIA ARAVS I SECVNDAN HVNC ARC DED PVBLICE A first reading was proposed in 1862 by Pierre Hebert.
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