Alpes Graiae et Poeninae

Provincia Alpes Graiae et vallis Poenina
Provincia Alpes Atrectianae et vallis Poenina
Province of the Roman Empire
41/54 AD–476

The Roman Empire c. 125 AD, with the province of Alpes Graiae et Poeninae highlighted
CapitalForum Claudii Ceutronum (Alpes Graiae/Atrectianae)
Forum Claudii Vallensium (Alpes Poeninae)
Historical eraAntiquity
• Created by Claudius
41/54 AD
• Deposition of Romulus Augustulus
476
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Italy (476-493)
Today part ofFrance
Italy
Switzerland

The Alpes Graiae et Poeninae, later known as Alpes Atrectianae et Poeninae (officially Alpes Atrectianae et Vallis Poenina), was a small Alpine province of the Roman Empire created after the merging of the Alpes Poeninae (or Vallis Poenina) and the Alpes Graiae (or Alpes Atrectianae), during the reign of Septimius Severus (193-196 AD). Comprising the modern Canton of Valais (Switzerland), the Tarantaise Valley, Beaufortain, Haut-Faucigny (France) and the Aosta Valley (Italy), it was one of the three provinces straddling the Alps between modern France and Italy, along with the Alpes Maritimae and Alpes Cottiae.

The Procurator of the province resided in the capital of this province: Forum Claudii Ceutronum Axima (Aime-la-Plagne) or Darentasia (Moûtiers), former capitals of the Alpes Graiae. He was seconded by a Praefectus in Forum Claudii Vallensium (Martigny) for the Alpes Poeninae.[1]

  1. ^ Puéjean, André (2013). Les Alpes Grées et Poenines à l'époque romaine [The Graian and Poenine Alps in Roman times] (in French). Nîmes, France: Nombre 7. pp. 35, 50–51. ISBN 978-2-36832-032-7.

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