Alpes Maritimae

 ( Provinces Of The Roman Empire ) 

The Alpes Maritimae (; English: 'Maritime Alps') was a small Roman province of the Roman Empire founded in 63 AD by 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 Cottiae. The Alpes Maritimae included parts of the present-day French departments of Alpes-Maritimes (in which the name survives), Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes.Michael Grant, Gli imperatori romani, Roma, Newton & Compton, 1984, .

The capital of the province was Cemenelum (modern Cimiez, a neighbourhood of Nice), until it was replaced by Eburodunum (modern Embrun) during the reign of Diocletian (284–305).

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History Following the subjugation of the local Ligures tribes in the summer of 14 BC, the region was ruled by a praefectus civitatium, then was given Latin Rights in 63 AD and placed under the administration of a procurator. Cemenelum (modern Cimiez), the chief town of the Vediantii, became the capital of the new province.

Under Diocletian (284–305), the province was extended via the incorporation of parts of Gallia Narbonensis and Alpes Cottiae, and was allocated to the praefectura Galliarum (Diocese of Vienne). The capital was transferred to Eburodunum (modern Embrun), which had been part of the Alpes Cottiae until that time.

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Settlements Major settlements within the province included:

• Cemenelum (Cimiez)
• Nicaea (Nice)
• Antipolis (Antibes)
• Portus Herculis Monoeci (Monaco)
• Salinae (Castellane)
• Sanitium (Senez)
• Vintium (Vence)

After 297 the province was expanded to include:

• Ebrodunum (Embrun)
• Brigantio (Briançon)
• Brigomagus (Briançonnet)
• Civitas Rigomagensium / Rigomagus (Chorges)

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