Alpes Cottiae
| Provincia Alpes Cottiae | |||||||||
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Segusio | |||||||||
| Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||||
• Created by Nero | 63 AD | ||||||||
• Deposition of Romulus Augustulus | 476 AD | ||||||||
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| Today part of | France Italy | ||||||||
The Alpes Cottiae (Latin pronunciation: [ˈaɫpeːs ˈkɔttɪ.ae̯]; English: 'Cottian Alps') was a small province of the Roman Empire founded in 63 AD by Emperor Nero. It was one of the three provinces straddling the Alps between modern France and Italy, along with the Alpes Graiae et Poeninae and Alpes Maritimae.
The capital of the province was
History
The province had its origin in a local chiefdom controlled by the enfranchised king
After the death of his son Cottius II in 63 AD, the region was annexed by Emperor Nero and made into a procuratorial province known as provincia Alpium Cottiarum.[4][1][2]
During the reign of
Settlements
Settlements in Alpes Cottiae included:
- Ad Fines (Malano) ("mansio", customs post)
- Ocelum (Celle) ("oppidum", Celtic village)
- Ad Duodecimum (Saint-Didier) ("mutatio")
- Segusio (Susa) (capital)
- Venausio (Venaus) (oppidum)
- Scingomagus / Excingomagus (Exilles) (oppidum, possibly Donnus's capital)
- Caesao / Goesao (Cesana Torinese) ("castrum")
- Ad Martes Ultor (late imperial "Ulcense") (Oulx) ("castrum")
- Brigantium (Briançon) (mansio)
- Mons Matronae (Mont Genèvre)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Graßl 2006.
- ^ a b c Syme & Levick 2012.
- ^ Barruol 1969, p. 41.
- ^ Barruol 1969, p. 176.
Bibliography
- OCLC 3279201.
- Graßl, Herbert (2006). "Alpes Cottiae". Brill's New Pauly. .
- Syme, Ronald; Levick, Barbara M. (2012). "Iulius Cottius, Marcus". The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-954556-8.
Further reading
- Tilmann Bechert: Die Provinzen des römischen Reiches: Einführung und Überblick. von Zabern, Mainz 1999.
- Bartolomasi : Valsusa Antica . Alzani, 1975.
- Prieur, Jean (1968). La province romaine des Alpes Cottiennes. Impr. R. Gauthier. OCLC 834310867.
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