| Provincia Alpes Cottiae | |||||||||
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| Province of theRoman Empire | |||||||||
| 63 AD–476 AD | |||||||||
.svg) The Roman Empire ca. AD 125, with the province of Alpes Cottiae highlighted. | |||||||||
| Capital | Segusio | ||||||||
| Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||||
• Created byNero | 63 AD | ||||||||
• Deposition ofRomulus Augustulus | 476 AD | ||||||||
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| Today part of | France Italy | ||||||||
TheAlpes Cottiae (Latin pronunciation:[ˈaɫpeːsˈkɔttɪ.ae̯]; English: 'Cottian Alps') was a smallprovince of theRoman Empire founded in 63 AD by EmperorNero. It was one of the three provinces straddling theAlps between modernFrance andItaly, along with theAlpes Graiae et Poeninae andAlpes Maritimae.
The capital of the province wasSegusio (modernSusa, Piedmont). Other important settlements were located atEburodunum andBrigantio (Briançon).[1] Named after the 1st-century BC ruler of the region,Marcus Julius Cottius, thetoponym survives today in theCottian Alps.[2]
The province originated in a local chiefdom ruled by the enfranchised kingMarcus Julius Donnus, who governed theLigurian tribes of the region by the middle of the 1st century BC. He was succeeded by his son,Marcus Julius Cottius, who offered no resistance to the incorporation of his realm into the Roman imperial system under EmperorAugustus in 15–14 BC, and continued to rule the native tribes aspraefectus civitatium of theRegnum Cotti.[3][1][2]
After the death of his son,Cottius II, in 63 AD, the region was annexed by EmperorNero and reorganised as a procuratorial province under the nameprovincia Alpium Cottiarum.[4][1][2]
UnderDiocletian (284–305), the western portion of the province was transferred to theAlpes Maritimae, while the eastern part was placed under apraeses within theDiocese of Italy.[1]
Settlements in Alpes Cottiae included:
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