Roman conquest of the Alps

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Roman military operation military campaign

The Roman conquest of the Alps was a series of military campaigns by the Roman Republic and early Empire to subdue and annex the Alpine tribes, securing key transalpine routes and integrating the region into Roman rule.

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Label	Occurrences
Augustan campaigns in the Alps	1
Roman conquest of Raetia	1
Roman conquest of the Alps canonical	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman military operation ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
commander	Augustus ⓘ Aulus Terentius Varro Murena ⓘ Drusus the Elder ⓘ Marcus Julius Cottius ⓘ Publius Silius Nerva ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ
created	Alpes Cottiae (Roman province) ⓘ surface form: province of Alpes Cottiae Alpes Cottiae (Roman province) ⓘ surface form: province of Alpes Graiae et Poeninae Alpes-Maritimes ⓘ surface form: province of Alpes Maritimae Roman province of Noricum ⓘ surface form: province of Noricum Roman province of Raetia ⓘ surface form: province of Raetia
describedBySource	Cassius Dio ⓘ Pliny the Elder ⓘ Strabo ⓘ
describedIn	Res Gestae Divi Augusti ⓘ
endDate	early 1st century AD ⓘ
followedBy	Alpine provinces of the Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Roman provincial organization of the Alpine region
hasPart	campaign against the Salassi ⓘ campaigns against the Allobroges ⓘ campaigns against the Ceutrones ⓘ campaigns against the Cottians ⓘ campaigns against the Graioceli ⓘ campaigns against the Ligurian tribes ⓘ campaigns against the Norici ⓘ campaigns against the Raeti ⓘ campaigns against the Taurini ⓘ
location	Alpes Cottiae (Roman province) ⓘ surface form: Alpes Cottiae Graian Alps ⓘ surface form: Alpes Graiae Maritime Alps ⓘ surface form: Alpes Maritimae Pennine Alps ⓘ surface form: Alpes Penninae Lepontine Alps ⓘ surface form: Alpes Poeninae Rhaetian Alps ⓘ surface form: Alpes Rhaeticae Alps ⓘ Noricum ⓘ Northern Italy ⓘ Raetia ⓘ Gaul ⓘ surface form: Transalpine Gaul
mainParticipants	Alpine tribes ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
memorializedBy	Tropaeum Alpium ⓘ
partOf	Roman conquest of Cisalpine Gaul ⓘ surface form: Roman conquest of Gaul and northern Italy Roman expansion ⓘ
purpose	to control trade routes between the Mediterranean and northern Europe ⓘ to eliminate raids by Alpine tribes ⓘ to protect communications between Italy and Gaul ⓘ to secure key passes across the Alps ⓘ
result	Roman victory ⓘ annexation of Alpine regions into the Roman state ⓘ creation of Alpine provinces ⓘ integration of Alpine peoples into the Roman Empire ⓘ pacification of Alpine tribes ⓘ secure control of transalpine routes ⓘ
significantEvent	Augustan Alpine campaigns of 16–15 BC ⓘ defeat of the Salassi in 25 BC ⓘ erection of the Tropaeum Alpium ⓘ foundation of Augusta Praetoria Salassorum ⓘ
startDate	2nd century BC ⓘ
timePeriod	1st century BC ⓘ 2nd century BC ⓘ reign of Augustus ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alpine Celtic culture → declineCause → Roman conquest of the Alps ⓘ

Raetic people → conquestEvent → Roman conquest of the Alps ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman conquest of Raetia

Lepontine Gaul → conqueredBy → Roman conquest of the Alps ⓘ

this entity surface form: Augustan campaigns in the Alps