| Provincia Alpes Cottiae | |||||||||
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| Province of the Roman Empire | |||||||||
| 63 AD–476 AD | |||||||||
.svg) The Roman Empire ca. AD 125, with the province of Alpes Cottiae highlighted. | |||||||||
| Capital | Segusio | ||||||||
| Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||||
• Created by Nero | 63 AD | ||||||||
• Deposition of Romulus Augustulus | 476 AD | ||||||||
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| Today part of | France Italy | ||||||||
The Alpes Cottiae (Latin pronunciation: [ˈaɫpeːs ˈkɔttɪ.ae̯]; English: 'Cottian Alps') was a small province of the Roman Empire founded in 63 AD by Emperor Nero. It was one of the three provinces straddling the Alps between modern France and Italy, along with the Alpes Graiae et Poeninae and Alpes Maritimae.
The capital of the province was Segusio (modern Susa, Piedmont). Other important settlements were located at Eburodunum and Brigantio (Briançon).[1] Named after the 1st-century BC ruler of the region, Marcus Julius Cottius, the toponym survives today in the Cottian Alps.[2]