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Encyclopedia > Alpes Maritimae
The Roman Empire ca. 120 AD, with the province of Alpes Maritimae highlighted
The Roman Empire ca. 120 AD, with the province of Alpes Maritimae highlighted

Alpes Maritimae was a province of the Roman Empire, one of three small provinces straddling the Alps between modern France and Italy. Founded in 14 by Octavian, its capital was Cemenelum, now Cimiez in the city of Nice, France. Image File history File links REmpire_Alpes_Maritimae. ... Image File history File links REmpire_Alpes_Maritimae. ... Map of the Roman Empire, with the provinces, after 120. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The West face of the Petit Dru above the Chamonix valley near the Mer de Glace. ... Cimiez is an upper class neighborhood in Nice, France. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...



Roman Imperial Provinces (120)
Achaea | Aegyptus | Africa | Alpes Cottiae | Alpes Maritimae | Alpes Poenninae | Arabia Petraea | Armenia Inferior | Asia | Assyria | Bithynia | Britannia | Cappadocia | Cilicia | Commagene | Corduene | Corsica et Sardinia | Creta et Cyrenaica | Cyprus | Dacia | Dalmatia | Epirus | Galatia | Gallia Aquitania | Gallia Belgica | Gallia Lugdunensis | Gallia Narbonensis | Germania Inferior | Germania Superior | Hispania Baetica | Hispania Lusitania | Hispania Tarraconensis | Italia | Iudaea | Lycaonia | Lycia | Macedonia | Mauretania Caesariensis | Mauretania Tingitana | Moesia | Noricum | Numidia | Osroene | Pannonia | Pamphylia | Pisidia | Pontus | Raetia | Sicilia | Sophene | Syria | Thracia |
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Ancient Divisions of the Alps (822 words)
Cottian Alps (Alpes Cottiae or Cottianae) included the portion of the main chain dividing Piedmont from Dauplhine and Savoy, and extending from Monte Viso to the neighbourhood of the Mont Cenis.
Rhaetian Alps (Alpes Rhaeticae) derived their name from the Rh_ti, a powerful tribe or nation holding a large tract territory which appears to have extended from the sources of the Thine and the Ticino on the west, to those of the Adige and the Saiza on the east.
Noric Alps (Alpes Noricae) --- Under this name the entire region lying north of the Drave, and extending thence to the valley of the Danube on the north and the plains of Hungary on the east, was included.
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