Arch of Carpentras

The Arch of Carpentras is a Roman triumphal arch from the start of the 1st century AD, positioned at Carpentras inside the French branch of Vaucluse. It has a single fornix, framed by way of fluted lesenes and embellished with an archivolt of vine tendrils. At the outer corners there are engaged columns. On the edges there are images of trophies flanked through barbarian prisoners. These trophy reliefs also are found on the quick sides of the Arch of Orange, which is however greater richly adorned.

The arch was firstly located on the city's cardo maximus. Later it became integrated into the antique cathedral as a get right of entry to door and nonetheless later into the episcopal palace now the courthouse. Various theories had been proposed for the incentive for its creation. The theories are basically based on the translation of the barbarian prisoners on the two reliefs at the west side a German and a japanese barbarian with a Phrygian beard, any other eastern barbarian and someone with a diadem which might suggest a Hellenistic king on the east aspect.