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Province, 117 CE

Raetia

Imperial province, equestrian procuratorCapital: Augusta Vindelicorum

The Alpine and upper-Danube province Tiberius and Drusus conquered in a single campaigning season in 15 BCE, opening the shortest road from Italy to the Rhine. Run by an equestrian procurator rather than a senator, it garrisoned auxiliary units, not legions — the legionary muscle sat next door in the two Germanies.

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Sources

  • Cassius Dio, Roman History 54.22
  • Barrington Atlas

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