Gallic Alps
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Gallia Alpina
)The Gallic Alps (
cultural region located in the Alps and populated mainly by Gauls. The term Celtic Alps is also found in ancient Greek texts.[2]
The Romans distinguished the following chains in the Alps: Alpes Maritimae (
Austrian Central Alps) and Dalmatian mountains (Dinaric Alps).[3]
History
After the Roman conquest of the Western Alps (16–15 BC), three provinces were created in the mountain range between Italy and Gallia Narbonensis: Alpes Cottiae, Alpes Maritimae, and Alpes Graiae et Poeninae.[3]
See also
- Gallia Cisalpina
- Gallia Transalpina, later renamed Gallia Narbonensis
- Gallia Celtica
- Gallia Belgica
- Gallia Aquitania
References
- ^ Ammianus Marcellinus. Res Gestae, 15:10. "De Alpibus Gallicanis; et de variis per eas itineribus."
- ^ Cassius Dio. Rhōmaïkḕ Historía, 39:44: "Ἄλπεων τῶν Κελτικῶν"; Philippus. Greek Anthology 9:61: "Κελτῶν ... Ἄλπεις".
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5
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