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Aquitania

AQUITANIA    Or, Aquitanica. Roman province in southwestern Gaul. The original Roman province, which was formed before Caesar’s conquest of Gaul, lay between the Pyrenees and the River Garonne below its confluence with the Tarn.  It included the upper reaches of … Continue reading

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Alpes Maritimae

ALPES MARITIMAE The Alpine province bordering on the Mediterranean in Augustus’s reign.   In the reorganisation of the late third century it belonged to the southern Gaul diocese of Viennensis.

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Alpes Graiae et Poeninae

ALPES GRAIAE ET POENINAE    Or, Alpes Poeninae et Graiae. Roman province.   In the early 3rd century, simply Alpes Graiae.   The Graian Alps are separated from the Mont Blanc massif by the Little St Bernard Pass;  the Pennine Alps, further north, … Continue reading

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Alpes Cottiae

ALPES COTTIAE The middle of three Roman provinces which lay in the Alps between Cisalpine Gaul (now northern Italy) and Gaul in Augustus’s day.   It was named after the mountain range now called the Alpi Cozie, in which the River … Continue reading

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