The Gallic Alps ( Latin: Alpibus Gallicanis) [1] were an ancient 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 ( Maritime Alps), Alpes Cottiae ( Cottian Alps), Alpes Graiae ( Graian Alps), Alpes Poeninae ( Pennine Alps), Alpes Raeticae ( Rhaetian Alps), Alpes Noricae ( Noric Alps), Alpes Carnicae ( Carnic Alps), and Alpes Venetae ( Venetian Prealps). They also gave the name of Alpes to the Austrian ( 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".
- ^ a b Scullard, Howard Hayes; Potter, T. W. (2015), "Alps", Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics, Oxford University Press, doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.328, ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5
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The Gallic Alps ( Latin: Alpibus Gallicanis) [1] were an ancient 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 ( Maritime Alps), Alpes Cottiae ( Cottian Alps), Alpes Graiae ( Graian Alps), Alpes Poeninae ( Pennine Alps), Alpes Raeticae ( Rhaetian Alps), Alpes Noricae ( Noric Alps), Alpes Carnicae ( Carnic Alps), and Alpes Venetae ( Venetian Prealps). They also gave the name of Alpes to the Austrian ( 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".
- ^ a b Scullard, Howard Hayes; Potter, T. W. (2015), "Alps", Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics, Oxford University Press, doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.328, ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5
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