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The Arch of Campanus is an Ancient Roman funerary monument located in the commune of Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France. Erected in the 1st century AD, it has been classified as a French Monument historique since 7 August 1890. == History == The original Roman settlers at Aix-les-Bains (Roman: Aquae) seem to have arrived in the 1st century,〔Canal, Alain (sous la dir.). Rapport des fouilles en sauvetage sous la place Maurice Mollard. Lyon, Drac (dact.), 1992.〕 on account of the presence of hot springs (see Thermae).〔(General Inventory of the Heritage of Aixes: Arch of Campanus ), by Joël Lagrange et Marie-Reine Jazé-Charvolin.〕 Linked administratively to the city of Vienne, the city was a ''vicus'' with a council of ''decemlecti'' (municipal council of ten members).〔Epigraphic Texts in the Aix-les-Baines Museum of Inscriptions.〕 The city possessed important thermae, in the very centre of the city,〔under the current Place Maurice Mollard, between the town hall and the national baths.〕 beside which, on a lower terrace to the west, the funerary Arch of Campanus was built and below a second terrace on which a temple of Diana was constructed in the second century.〔Part of the temple was incorporated into the national baths. Some remains are visible inside the basement.〕 The arch was erected at the end of the 1st century by Lucius Pompeius Campanus, a patrician of Gallia Narbonensis,〔 a rich notable Allobroge from the city of Vienne (to which Aquae was subordinate). Although the arch bears inscriptions in honour of the Campanus family (The monumental glorification of elites and their families was an innovation of this era〔), the function of the monument remains uncertain. It is thought to be a funerary arch, but is however a long way from the Roman cemetery and Roman religious custom would not permit interments within the city. On the other hand, the arch is placed in such a way as to offer a view in the direction of the thermae, and a walkway passed under it,〔Charles Despine (1834) et A. Küpper-Böhm, cited at (General Inventory of the Heritage of Aixes: Arch of Campanus ), by Joël Lagrange et Marie-Reine Jazé-Charvolin.〕 so the idea that the arch is a city gate is more probable. Further support for this derives from the fact that the thermae, the temple and the arch are contemporary. Forgotten, the arch became the entrance to the courthouse in the 16th century and was later integrated into the wall of a stable, gradually buried, and finally rescued in 1821. It remained standing after the dectruction in 1867 of a hotel that stood in the middle of the modern Place Maurice Mollard. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arch of Campanus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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