The Roman Theater of Orange: The Best Preserved Stage Wall in Europe
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When the Roman King Louis XIV gazed upon the colossal exterior wall of the Roman Theater of Orange , he famously remarked that it was "the finest wall in my kingdom." Built in the early 1st century CE during the golden reign of Emperor Augustus, this ancient venue in the south of France ( Arausio ) is one of the pinnacle achievements of Roman civic engineering. While hundreds of Roman theaters lie in ruins across Europe, the Mediterranean, and North Africa, the theater at Orange possesses a crow