Alpes Graiae (region)

natural · 30 BC – 2099 AD

The mountainous area around the Little St Bernard Pass, conquered by the Romans and organized by Augustus into the province that took its name (q.v.). The name may reference a people that once inhabited the region; classical theorizing that the name relates to Greeks (e.g., Pliny) has been discounted by modern scholars.

Coordinates

45.38835, 7.25355

Also known as

Alpes Graiae, Graiae Alpes (la), Graiae Alpes (la), Graian Alps (en), Graian Alps (en)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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