Praetentura Italiae et Alpium

natural · 30 BC – 640 AD

Praetentura Italiae et Alpium describes a defensive system instituted by Marcus Aurelius during the Marcomannic Wars to defend the eastern passes leading into Italy.

Coordinates

46.19975, 14.89261

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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