Roman province of Raetia

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Roman province imperial frontier region

The Roman province of Raetia was an imperial frontier region in the central Alps, encompassing parts of modern Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Italy, and serving as a strategic military and administrative buffer zone of the Roman Empire.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Raetia 0
province of Raetia 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province ⓘ
imperial frontier region ⓘ
administrativeStatus imperial province ⓘ
annexationDate 15 BC ⓘ
borderedBy Gallia Belgica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germania Superior NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Noricum NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Augusta Vindelicum NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredFrom Raeti tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vindelici NERFINISHED ⓘ
conquestCompletedUnder Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
disestablishedApprox 5th century ⓘ
economyBasedOn mining ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
transalpine trade ⓘ
ethnicGroups Raeti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vindelici NERFINISHED ⓘ
fortificationSystem Raetian Limes NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrisonedBy Legio III Italica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman auxiliary units ⓘ
governedBy praeses ⓘ
procurator ⓘ
languageInfluence Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterAdministrativeDivision Raetia prima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Raetia secunda NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn central Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCity Augusta Vindelicum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brigantium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cambodunum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Curia Raetorum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vindonissa NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRole buffer zone against Germanic tribes ⓘ
frontier defense ⓘ
modernRegionOverlap Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Graubünden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tyrol NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
preRomanCultures Celtic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Etruscan-related Raetic culture ⓘ
provinceType Alpine province ⓘ
reorganizedUnder Diocletian NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicFunction control of north–south trade routes ⓘ
protection of Alpine passes ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Raeti → associatedWith → Roman province of Raetia ⓘ
Roman conquest of the Alps → created → Roman province of Raetia ⓘ
this entity surface form: province of Raetia
Raeti → incorporatedAs → Roman province of Raetia ⓘ
this entity surface form: province of Raetia
Curia Raetorum → locatedIn → Roman province of Raetia ⓘ
Brigantium → partOf → Roman province of Raetia ⓘ
Veldidena → partOf → Roman province of Raetia ⓘ
Raetic people → resultOfConquest → Roman province of Raetia ⓘ