The dwelling is settled next to the town, in the amphitheatre district. It was built at the beginning of the first century A.D., and was sumptuously fitted out again at the end of the second century. The identification of some outbuildings remains unprecise for buildings of agricultural, industrial or craft use, but also for the dwelling the reception hall of which is overproportioned.

The Commandery of Richerenches (Vaucluse), founded in 1136 at the initiative of several local lords and with the support of the bishops of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux and Vaison, was one of the first establishments of the Templars in Provence. Endowed with a parish status, the chapel, which was mentioned as early as 1138, and the convent buildings attracted a settlement which gave birth to today’s village. The restoration of the only remaining building of the Commandery was preceded by a study which allowed to distinguish two medieval stages in this building which was subsequently altered. Datable to 1138 at the earliest and having a modest aspect, the initial building included a vaulted ground floor confined to agricultural activities and a framed first floor used as living quarters. At the end of the XIIth or during the following century, the vaulting of the first floor entailed the placing of powerful buttresses between which big arches were disposed forming machicolation and supporting a wall and crenellation. The space was divided into two rooms, the smaller of which, in the East, had a chimney and blind arcades. The embellishment of the building reflects an enrichment of the community, but except for the use of good quality stones in medium courses, the building remained modest and severe.

Lors de la découverte d'un important mausolée à Orange, on a mis au jour une inscription funéraire mentionnant un sévir augustal d'Orange et de Lyon, T. Pompeius Phrixus Longus, affranchi d'une jeune homme qui porte le cognomen Reginus, « de la famille de Sacrovirus », mort à Rome à l'âge de dix-sept ans. Toute relation entre le Sacrovirus de l'inscription et le Sacrovir (ou plutôt Sacrovir [us]) mentionné sur un des boucliers de l'arc d'Orange paraît improbable. Reginus (en fait T. Pompeius Reginus) appartenait sans doute à une riche famille de citoyens romains d'origine gauloise, jouissant d'une certaine célébrité à l'échelle locale. Malgré son jeune âge, il a vraisemblablement pu affranchir Phrixus Longus en vertu de la lex Aelia Sentia de 4 ap. J. -C, qui autorisait l'affranchissement d'un esclave par un maître âgé de moins de vingt ans si ce dernier voulait en faire son intendant.

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