Augusta Praetoria
settlement · 30 BC – 2100 AD
Augusta Praetoria (modern Aosta) was a settlement of the Salassi conquered by Rome in 25 B.C. From 24 B.C. a colony of 3,000 Roman military veterans occupied the city of Augusta Praetoria Salassorum and it became the capital of the province Alpes Graies from 11 B.C.
- Coordinates
- 45.73744, 7.31617
- Also known as
- Aosta, Augusta Praetoria Salassorum (la), Augusta Praetoria Salassorum (la)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)