In the north of the city, outside of the historic center a bit, is the Arc de Triomphe d’Orange, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the theater. There is also free parking a little closer to the center, but this generally seems to fill up pretty quickly. Orange, however, is not so large of a city that parking seemed to be a very big issue there is ample parking outside the city center, some of it free, with a no more than 10 minute walk into the center.
There are even several daily departures from the airport to Orange, including a few direct trains, priced at 23 Euros. The closest major city with an airport is Marseille, and there are frequent daily departures from Marseille to Orange that take between about an hour and a half and three hours depending on the train, and range in price from about 20 to 30 Euros. Orange is a relatively large city in the region, and as such it has a train station that is well-served from other cities in the country. At that time, Arausio likely suffered some damage or sacking, and in the following century was sacked again by the Visigoths before falling under their control. Though Arausio doesn’t seem to feature much in the historical record in the 1 st and 2 nd centuries CE, it seems to have been a relatively prosperous settlement, but like many others in the area was sent into decline in the 3 rd century CE due to the incursions of Germanic tribes. In 35 BCE, a colony of veterans from Legio II Gallica was established at Arausio by Octavian, and the name of the town was changed to Colonia Julia Firma Secundanorum Arausio. Though the commanders and a handful of soldiers survived, most of the Roman force was slaughtered. The Germanic tribes then fell upon Maximus’ camp and defeated them in similar fashion. Despite Maximus entering into negotiations with the Germanic force, Caepio decided to make an attack with just his army, which was swiftly defeated by the Cimbri and Teutoni force. Disharmony between the two commanders led to a disagreement in the plan of action and the splitting of the force between the two, who made separate camps near Arausio. In 105 BCE the consul Gnaeus Mallius Maximus and proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio were given command of a large force of perhaps as many as 80,000 soldiers to field against the Germanic tribes. After a disastrous Roman defeat at the Battle of Noreia in 112 BCE, the Cimbri and Teutoni moved into Gallia Narbonensis in 109 BCE and handed the Romans another convincing defeat at the Battle of Burdigala in 107 BCE.
On October 6 th, 105 BCE, amidst the Cimbrian War between the Romans and the migrating Germanic Cimbri and Teutoni tribes, a major battle was fought near Arausio. The Cavari seem to have been allied with Massalia at the time of the initial Roman conquest of the area in 121 BCE, and as such did not come into direct conflict with the Romans at the time. Located in the territory of the Cavari prior to Roman conquest, a Gallic settlement called Arausio, named after a local water deity of the same name, was located on or near the site of present-day Orange. Not far from the confluence of the Rhône and L’Aigue rivers is the French town of Orange, which boasts perhaps two of the most well-known Roman monuments in France the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the Théâtre Antique d’Orange and the Arc de Triomphe d’Orange. North face of the Arc de Triomphe d’Orange.