Alpine provinces of the Roman Empire

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The Alpine provinces of the Roman Empire were a group of mountainous frontier regions in the central Alps that Rome organized and governed to secure key transalpine routes and its northern borders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of Roman provinces
historical region
borderedBy Gallia Narbonensis NERFINISHED
Germania Superior NERFINISHED
Italia (Roman province) NERFINISHED
Pannonia NERFINISHED
characterizedBy military roads
mountainous terrain
sparse urbanization
conqueredFrom Celtic tribes
Ligurians NERFINISHED
Rhaetian tribes
establishedUnder Augustus NERFINISHED
governedAs frontier provinces
governedBy Roman imperial administration NERFINISHED
hasPart Alpes Atrectianae NERFINISHED
Alpes Cottiae NERFINISHED
Alpes Graiae NERFINISHED
Alpes Graiae et Poeninae NERFINISHED
Alpes Maritimae NERFINISHED
Alpes Penninae NERFINISHED
Alpes Poeninae NERFINISHED
Alpes Rhaeticae NERFINISHED
Noricum NERFINISHED
Raetia NERFINISHED
includedPass Great St Bernard Pass GENERATED
Little St Bernard Pass GENERATED
Montgenèvre Pass GENERATED
languageDuringRomanRule Latin
laterBecamePartOf early medieval Germanic realms
medieval kingdoms of Burgundy
medieval kingdoms of Italy
locatedIn Alps NERFINISHED
Western Roman Empire NERFINISHED
central Alps
partOf Roman Empire
purpose control of transalpine routes
facilitation of military movement
facilitation of trade between Italy and northern provinces
protection of northern frontier of Roman Italy
securing passes across the Alps
religionDuringRomanRule Roman polytheism
strategicImportance control of routes between Italy and Danubian provinces
control of routes between Italy and Gaul
control of routes between Italy and Germania
timePeriod Principate NERFINISHED
early Roman Empire
usedFor customs and toll collection on alpine routes
stationing of auxiliary troops

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Curia Raetorum partOf Alpine provinces of the Roman Empire
Roman conquest of the Alps followedBy Alpine provinces of the Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Roman provincial organization of the Alpine region