Roman conquest of the Alps

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The Roman conquest of the Alps was a series of military campaigns by the Roman Republic and early Empire to subdue and annex the Alpine tribes, securing key transalpine routes and integrating the region into Roman rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman military operation ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
commander Augustus ⓘ
Aulus Terentius Varro Murena ⓘ
Drusus the Elder ⓘ
Marcus Julius Cottius ⓘ
Publius Silius Nerva ⓘ
Tiberius ⓘ
created province of Alpes Cottiae ⓘ
province of Alpes Graiae et Poeninae ⓘ
province of Alpes Maritimae ⓘ
linked to: Alpes-Maritimes

province of Noricum ⓘ
province of Raetia ⓘ
describedBySource Cassius Dio ⓘ
Pliny the Elder ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
describedIn Res Gestae Divi Augusti ⓘ
endDate early 1st century AD ⓘ
followedBy Roman provincial organization of the Alpine region ⓘ
hasPart campaign against the Salassi ⓘ
campaigns against the Allobroges ⓘ
campaigns against the Ceutrones ⓘ
campaigns against the Cottians ⓘ
campaigns against the Graioceli ⓘ
campaigns against the Ligurian tribes ⓘ
campaigns against the Norici ⓘ
campaigns against the Raeti ⓘ
campaigns against the Taurini ⓘ
location Alpes Cottiae ⓘ
Alpes Graiae ⓘ
linked to: Graian Alps

Alpes Maritimae ⓘ
linked to: Maritime Alps

Alpes Penninae ⓘ
linked to: Pennine Alps

Alpes Poeninae ⓘ
linked to: Lepontine Alps

Alpes Rhaeticae ⓘ
linked to: Rhaetian Alps

Alps ⓘ
Noricum ⓘ
Northern Italy ⓘ
Raetia ⓘ
Transalpine Gaul ⓘ
linked to: Gaul
mainParticipants Alpine tribes ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
memorializedBy Tropaeum Alpium ⓘ
partOf Roman conquest of Gaul and northern Italy ⓘ
Roman expansion ⓘ
purpose to control trade routes between the Mediterranean and northern Europe ⓘ
to eliminate raids by Alpine tribes ⓘ
to protect communications between Italy and Gaul ⓘ
to secure key passes across the Alps ⓘ
result Roman victory ⓘ
annexation of Alpine regions into the Roman state ⓘ
creation of Alpine provinces ⓘ
integration of Alpine peoples into the Roman Empire ⓘ
pacification of Alpine tribes ⓘ
secure control of transalpine routes ⓘ
significantEvent Augustan Alpine campaigns of 16–15 BC ⓘ
defeat of the Salassi in 25 BC ⓘ
erection of the Tropaeum Alpium ⓘ
foundation of Augusta Praetoria Salassorum ⓘ
startDate 2nd century BC ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century BC ⓘ
2nd century BC ⓘ
reign of Augustus ⓘ

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Alpine Celtic culture → declineCause → Roman conquest of the Alps ⓘ
Raetic people → conquestEvent → Roman conquest of Raetia ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of the Alps
Lepontine Gaul → conqueredBy → Augustan campaigns in the Alps ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of the Alps
Army of the Alps → associatedWith → Alpine military campaigns ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of the Alps
Roman conquest of Cisalpine Gaul → hasPart → Roman campaigns against the Ligures ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of the Alps