![]() (The reasons for Rutilius not taking charge himself do not seem to be known: perhaps he faced political opposition because of his friendship with Gaius Marius, or perhaps he believed Mallius Maximus deserved the chance to earn himself a share of glory, or perhaps he was simply temporarily ill.) Two of the major Roman forces available were camped out on the Rhone River, near Arausio: one led by Mallius Maximus, and the other by the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio. The senior of the year's two consuls, Publius Rutilius Rufus, was an experienced and highly decorated soldier, veteran of the recent war in Numidia, but for some reason did not take charge of the military campaign himself but remained in Rome while his inexperienced, untried colleague Gnaeus Mallius Maximus led the legions north. In October of 105 BC, they did.Įven before battle was joined, the Romans were in trouble. Having regained Tolosa, the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio adopted a defensive strategy, waiting to see if the Cimbri would move toward Roman territories again. An ambush of Roman troops and the temporary rebellion of the town of Tolosa caused Roman troops to mobilize in the area, with three strong forces. ![]() The latest, north of the town near the Fourchevieilles district unearthed a necropolis that was the subject of an exhibition at the municipal museum, and the Roman houses were mapped using the building project related to the triumphal arch.The migrations of the Cimbri tribe through Gaul and adjacent territories had disturbed the balance of power and incited or provoked other tribes, such as the Helvetii, into conflict with the Romans. In the land registry the territory around Châteaurenard marks the middle of the maps the land registry B, the most complete, covers the northern part of Orange and goes back to Montelimar, it extends east to the site of the Dentelles the crossing of these two axes is the center of Bollène.Īrchaeological discoveries still take place thanks to the excavations related to work on the town. It was used in conjunction with, and as an extension to the Hippodamian planning of the city. This was a rapid method of allocating land to settlers and allowed the agricultural land to orientate with the main roads of the new town. Parallel lines separated by 708 meters, intersecting to form centuries of 50 hectares. When The Roman Legio II Augusta founded the colony of Arausio(Orange) they used the traditional method of Centuriation. Thus was facilitated colonization and development of the soil, to the detriment of the Celtic inhabitants. ![]() Land lots were prioritized for land for veterans, and other, poorer land remained community property. The goal was to identify the undistributed lots, properties of the Roman state, which appeared to have been unduly occupied. The purpose of the maps was to display in the city, so that individuals could identify and restore public lands that they had appropriated. Three copies of rural land registers, carved in stone, were discovered in 1949 though in a large number of fragments. These Roman cadastres are the best preserved in the world. Part of this was the creation of a Cadaster, which remains today. During the reign of Vespasian he ordered the land registry around Orange to be restored.
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