| 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 had its origin in a local chiefdom controlled by the enfranchised kingMarcus Julius Donnus, who ruled overLigurian tribes of the region by the middle of the 1st century BC. He was succeeded by his son,Marcus Julius Cottius, who offered no opposition to the integration of his realm into the Roman imperial system under EmperorAugustus in 15–14 BC, then kept on ruling on native tribes as apraefectus civitatium of aRegnum Cotti.[3][1][2]
After the death of his sonCottius II in 63 AD, the region was annexed by EmperorNero and made into a procuratorial province known asprovincia Alpium Cottiarum.[4][1][2]
During the reign ofDiocletian (284–305), the western part of the province was transferred to theAlpes Maritimae, and the eastern part allocated under apraeses to theDiocese of Italy.[1]
Settlements in Alpes Cottiae included:
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