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Province, 117 CE
Alpes Cottiae
Imperial province, equestrian procuratorCapital: SegusioRoman since 63 CE
Named for Cottius, the local dynast who submitted to Augustus and was left running his own mountain kingdom as a Roman client before it was annexed outright under Nero. Segusio (Susa) still carries Cottius's own triumphal arch, dedicated to Augustus around 9 BCE — one of the best-preserved Augustan monuments left standing in 117.
Ruled by client king Cottius's line until his grandson Cottius II died in 63 CE; Nero then annexed the kingdom outright as a Roman province.
No individually mapped places in Alpes Cottiae yet — the province still shows on the map's boundary layer.
Sources
- CIL V 7231 (Arch of Augustus, Susa)
- Barrington Atlas
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpes_Cottiae
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