Tropaeum Augusti/Alpium Tropaeum/Alpis Summa/Alpis Maritima
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Creators: S. Loseby, R. Häussler
Creators: S. Loseby, R. Häussler
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Stefano Costa, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne
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History
A victory monument built by Augustus (5 B.C.) to commemorate the subjugation of the tribes of the western Alps. The Romans considered the spot to be "In Alpe Maritima".
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/157940
43.7447943942, 7.40175598063
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tropaeum Alpium (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Alpis Maritima (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Alpis Summa (30 BC - AD 300)
- Alpium Tropaeum (30 BC - AD 300)
- La Turbie (modern)
- Tropaeum Augusti (30 BC - AD 300)
- Tropaeum Augusti/Alpium Tropaeum/Alpis Summa/Alpis Maritima connection Alpes (mountains) (unspecified date range)
- Tropaeum Augusti/Alpium Tropaeum/Alpis Summa/Alpis Maritima connection Via Julia Augusta (unspecified date range)
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monument
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- Aubert 1950
- BAtlas 16 D2 Tropaeum Augusti/Alpium Tropaeum/Alpis Summa/Alpis Maritima
- Bromwich 1993 270-75
- Formigé 1949
- Formigé 1955
- Livius.org Tropaeum Augusti (La Turbie)
- New Pauly Tropaea Augusti
- PECS (Perseus) TROPAEUM ALPIUM (La Turbie) Alpes-Maritimes, France
- VerbaAlpina Methodologie Tropaeum Alpinum
- Wikipedia (English) Tropaeum Alpium
- See Also:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 16 D2 Tropaeum Augusti/Alpium Tropaeum/Alpis Summa/Alpis Maritima
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: La Turbie
S. Loseby, R. Häussler, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Stefano Costa, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Ryan Horne, 'Tropaeum Augusti/Alpium Tropaeum/Alpis Summa/Alpis Maritima: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/157940> [accessed: 30 December 2024]
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On some aspects regarding the inscription and in particular the identification and location of the tribes mentioned therein see Lücke, S.: s.v. “Tropaeum Alpium”, in: VerbaAlpina-de 18/2, Methodologie, https://doi.org/10.5282/verba-alpina?urlappend=%3Fpage_id%3D493%26db%3D182%26letter%3DT%2399 (latest version, not yet quotable: https://www.verba-alpina.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/?page_id=493&db=xxx&letter=T#99)