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	Orange, Vaucluse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roman Orange was founded in 35 BC by veterans of the Second Gallica Roman 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".
		A 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 Teutoni tribes.
		Arausio covered an area of some 170 acres (690,000 m²) and was well endowed with civic monuments—as well as the theatre and arch, it had a monumental temple complex and a forum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orange,_France (695 words)

	Battle of Arausio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Noreia - Arausio - Aquae Sextiae – Vercellae
		Ranged against the migratory tribes of the Cimbri under Boiorix and the Teutoni were two Roman armies, commanded by the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio and consul Gnaeus Manlius Maximus.
		However, the recent string of defeats ending in the calamity at Arausio was alarming for all the people of Rome.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Arausio (851 words)

	Orange
		Arausio was built on a perfectly flat plain, excepting the small hill called St Eutrope.
		The village was called Arausio, and became the capital of the strong tribe of Celts called the Cavares.
		This tribe dominated the plains area from Valence in the north to Arles in the south.
	www.ancientroute.com /cities/orange.htm (678 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Arausio
		The Battle of Arausio took place on October 6, 105 BC, at a site between the town of Arausio and the Rhone River.
		The town of Arausio was originally the Celtic capital of a region now part of modern day France.
		Led one of the two forces against the Germanic tribes, the Teutones, the Cimbri, and Tigurni/Marcomanni/Cherusci in the Battle of Arausio in 105 BCE, along with then consul, Gnaeus...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Arausio (1900 words)

	Tacitus' Germania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		This moving of a great many people very close to the Roman borders of the time caused many Romans to worry, and thus to send armed troops to the borders who inevitably clashed with the migrating Cimbi.
		At the Battle of Arausio, pitting the armies of the Teutoni and Cimbri under Boiorix against the troops under Quintus Servilius Caepio and Gnaeus Mallius Maximus, The Roman armies were roundly defeated, leading to many army reforms.
		The two were not on friendly terms owing to one being of an old aristocratic family, the other a ‘new man’, and so they each camped their armies on opposing sides of the river.
	www.wdm.k12.ia.us /valley/latin/history.html (451 words)

	CIMBRI - LoveToKnow Article on CIMBRI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Their request for land was not granted, and in 109 B.C. they defeated the consul Marcus Junius Silanus in southern Gaul, but did not at once follow up the victory.
		In 105 they returned to the attack under their king Boiorix, and favored by the dissensions of the Roman commanders Gnaeus Mallius Maximus and Caepio, defeated them in detail and annihilated their armies at Arausio (Orange).
		Again the victorious Cimbri turned away from Italy, and, after attempting to reduce the Arverni, moved into Spain, where they failed to overcome the desperate resistance of the Celtiberian tribes.
	70.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CI/CIMBRI.htm (569 words)

	Roman sights in the Provincia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The ancient city of Arausio was a colony that was founded by Julius Caesar for veterans of the second legion that was commanded by the father of Tiberius.
		But, as I stated before, the most impressive monument in Arausio is the completely intact theatre.
		The most special about it is the almost perfect state of the scaena (with a length of 103m and a height of 37m) the back wall after the stage, that already has disappeared in many other Theatres.
	www.societasviaromana.org /Collegium_Artium/roman_sights.php?lang=ne (2902 words)

	Roman Republic - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		His younger brother Gaius Gracchus continued the reform efforts, promoted the extension of the franchise to all the cities of Italy, and established the equites as a new force in Roman politics.
		A conservative reaction brought power back to the Senate, but they prosecuted the Jugurthine War of 112-105 so poorly, on top of a slave war in Sicily, and losses at the hands of Germanic tribes, of whom the Cimbri destroyed consular armies at Arausio in 105.
		Rome was saved by Marius, who held multiple consulships 103-101 while defeating the Teutones at Aquae Sextiae (102) and the Cimbri near Vercellae in the following year.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Roman_Republic (1859 words)

	Archaeology Wordsmith
		A lime kiln near the theater has produced fragments which document various local land surveys and, in particular, describe the terms of confiscation and redistribution that were applied at the time of the original founding of the colonia.
		In the 5th century, Arausio was pillaged by the Visigoths.
		DEFINITION: A thin-walled, Orange-fired ware with a distinctive mica schist temper and a decoration of incised and dotted patterns of Mesoamerica.
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	Masters of Rome
		Is at the battle of Arausio with Mallius, who he helps to escape.
		Severely wounded at battle of Arausio, left with a partly paralyzed leg.
		Flees the defeat at Arausio and leaves for Rome immediately with his son.
	www.virtuation.com /masters/cast.shtml (2633 words)

	The Setonian - Deciphering the Diplomas: Alumnus complains Latin document unreadable - Seton Hall University
		The village of South Orange was named after William of Orange, who became King of England in 1688.
		“Arausio” is the Latin name for the old Roman city Orange, from where William of Orange’s ancestors came.
		South Orange is translated into Latin as “Arausio Meridionalis” on the diploma.
	domapp01.shu.edu /depts/affairs/setonian.nsf/(WebDisplayView)/CEAC19B3134CAF8885256FA4005527A7?OpenDocument (1006 words)

	Arausio, The Roman Theater at Orange, FranceWorld Heritage Site of the Month, The Cultured Traveler Newsletter
		Arausio, The Roman Theater at Orange, FranceWorld Heritage Site of the Month, The Cultured Traveler Newsletter
		Sometime around the birth of Jesus, the Romans built a 7,000-seat theater at Arausio in southern France, a former capital of the now vanquished Celts.
		It was a conventional design, with its steeply tiered rows of benches forming a semicircle around the proscenium.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Heritage/Archives/Arausio.htm (659 words)

	Armed Forces of the World RE:The Battle of Orange (Arausio) StrategyPage.com
		I suppose it could be - I do not know enough about ancient history to tell, but internet sources seem to claim that the Battle of Noreia happened in 113 BC and the Battle of Arausio happened in 105 BC.
		That means there are 8 years between the Battle of Noreia and the Battle of Arausio.
		I think that 8 years would give the Romans enough time to either reconstitute the old army or raise another one for Capeio (if it is actually him who was at Noreia - I do not know that).
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	Odin/Wotan
		The bad guys, provided they lost, were hung, their horses were slaughtered and their weapons were turned to scrap iron in a fit of religious frenzy or bloodlust.
		· After defeating a Roman army close to Arausio in present-day France in the year 105 B.C.E., the Cimbrians and the Teutons sacrificed the entire booty to Wodan.
		The Roman Orosius reports that the clothes were ripped apart and thrown into the dirt, gold and silver were thrown into the river Rhone, the mail-coats were broken into pieces, the horses were drowned and the POWs were hung from trees.
	www.public.asu.edu /~atrja/odin.html (2157 words)

	Sparing the Hornets' Nest
		Taken as a whole, the Roman military had not distinguished itself in the fighting either at land or sea.
		It was, in fact, entering that long period of incompetent leadership and functional decline that would culminate in the disaster at Arausio and the reforms and rise of Marius.
		The Senate had had to recall and reprimand both her supreme land and sea commanders in 171 due to their inability to accomplish anything besides brutalizing Rome's vital Greek allies (Polyb.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /rrice/hornets.html (603 words)

	Worst Roman Generals? - Ancient Roman Empire Forums
		Maximus and Caepio were hammered by the Cimbri and Teutones at Arausio?
		When you ask who is worst general, do you mean at strategy, the loss of life, or the scale of defeat?
		In terms of losses, Paulus and Varro (Cannae) made the worst mistakes, along with Maximus and Caepio (Arausio).
	www.unrv.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1208 (1028 words)

	Arausio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		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.
		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.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Arausio.htm (268 words)

	Battle of Arausio -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		), the defeat of a Roman army by Germanic tribes near Arausio (now Orange in southern France).
		The Cimbri and the Teutoni had invaded the Roman province of Transalpine Gaul about 110
		The consul Gnaeus Mallius Maximus was sent from Italy in 105 with an army to reinforce that of the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio and began negotiations with the invaders; while these were…
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9009215?source=RSSOTD (74 words)

	105 B.C. - events and references
		{6 October -R} The Cimbri defeat Caepio and destroy the Roman army at Arausio.
		Omens and emergency measures following the battle of Arausio.
		Document: IGRom_4'1028, the renewal of the treaty between Rome and Astypalaea.
	www.attalus.org /bc2/year105.html (129 words)

	Hampden Latin
		As German tribes were wont to do back in Roman times, the Cimbri and Teutoni were migrating from Germany across the Rhone and into southern Gaul and northern Hispania.
		In 105 these two tribes wiped out two Roman armies at Arausio (modern day Orange) just next to the Rhone river.
		Because the Romans fought with the river just behind them, they could not retreat and around 80,000 Romans were killed.
	www.ha.sad22.us /BenJohnson/germancrisis.html (1226 words)

	Battle of Arausio -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Battle of Arausio -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The Battle of Arausio took place on October 6, 105 BC, between the town of (additional info and facts about Arausio) Arausio and the (A major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles) Rhone River.
		However, the recent string of defeats ending in the clamity at Arausio was alarming for all the people of Rome.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_arausio.htm (899 words)

	ORANGE (AUSTRALIA) - LoveToKnow Article on ORANGE (AUSTRALIA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		There is trade in truffles, fruit, wine, andc.
		Orange (Arausio), capital of the Cavari, was in 105 B.C. the scene of the defeat of a Roman army by the Cimbri and Teutones.
		It became after Caesar an important Roman colony.
	74.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OR/ORANGE_AUSTRALIA_.htm (2664 words)

	Cimbri -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Following a particularly devastating Roman defeat in 105 at Arausio (Orange, Fr.), command of the Romans was assumed by Gaius Marius.
		In 102 Marius destroyed the Teutoni at Aquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence), and in 101 he combined forces with Quintus Lutatius Catulus to annihilate, at Campi Raudii near Vercellae (Vercelli), the entire Cimbri army.
		The Cimbri and the Teutoni had invaded the Roman province of Transalpine Gaul about 110 BC.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9082649 (545 words)

	What Orange decided
		The synod of Orange (Arausio), convened in the year 529 A.D., though little known today, is of great importance in the development and exposition of Bible doctrine.
		It had much to say concerning the constitution and (fallen) nature of man, together with God’s remedy of redemption through his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
		And beyond question, the church was fully warranted in affirming the pre-eminence of grace over freedom, and the necessity and importance of the gratia praeveniens....
	www.tecmalta.org /tft366.htm (520 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Noreia - Arausio - Aquae Sextiae – Vercellae – Lupia River – Teutoburg Forest – Weser River
		In the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (AD 9), an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius (also known in German as Hermann), the son of Segimerus of the Cherusci, ambushed and wiped out three Legions of unsuspecting Roman allies.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest (1678 words)

	The Roman Revolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		No sooner had Marius wrapped up matters in Africa than disaster struck in Gaul.
		At Arausio, in southern France, an entire consular army was wiped out by the Cimbri and Teutones, Germanic tribes from northern Germany.
		After the loss at Arausio in 105, there was suddenly no army between Rome and the barbarians, conjuring up memories of the invasion and sack of Rome by the Gauls in 391.
	history.boisestate.edu /westciv/romanrev/11.shtml (501 words)

	Armed Forces of the World Battle of Arausio - stuttering - calling all Boris's StrategyPage.com
		Armed Forces of the World Battle of Arausio - stuttering - calling all Boris's StrategyPage.com
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