Alpes Graiae et Poeninae
| Provincia Alpes Graiae et vallis Poenina Provincia Alpes Atrectianae et vallis Poenina | |||||||
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| Province of the Roman Empire | |||||||
| 41/54 AD–476 | |||||||
The Roman Empire c. 125 AD, with the province of Alpes Graiae et Poeninae highlighted | |||||||
| Capital | Forum Claudii Ceutronum (Alpes Graiae/Atrectianae) Forum Claudii Vallensium (Alpes Poeninae) | ||||||
| Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||
• Created by Claudius | 41/54 AD | ||||||
• Deposition of Romulus Augustulus | 476 | ||||||
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| Today part of | France Italy Switzerland | ||||||
The Alpes Graiae et Poeninae, also known by the 2nd century AD as Alpes Atrectianae et Poeninae, was a small Alpine province of the Roman Empire created after the merging of the Alpes Poeninae (or Vallis Poenina) and the Alpes Graiae (or Alpes Atrectianae). Comprising the modern Canton of Valais (Switzerland), the Tarantaise Valley, Beaufortain, Haut-Faucigny (France) and the Aosta Valley (Italy), it was one of the three provinces straddling the Alps between modern France and Italy, along with the Alpes Maritimae and Alpes Cottiae.
The Procurator of the province resided in the capital of this province: Axima, which became Forum Claudii Ceutronum (Aime-la-Plagne), former capital of the Alpes Graiae. He was seconded by a Praefectus in Octodorum, which became Forum Claudii Vallensium (Martigny) for the Alpes Poeninae.