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Alpes Poeninae, also known as Alpes Graiae, was a small Alpine province of the Roman Empire, one of three such provinces in the western Alps between Italy and Gaul. It comprised the Val d'Aosta region (Italy) and the Canton Valais (Switzerland). Its strongest indigenous tribe were the Salassi. Their territory was annexed by emperor Augustus in 15 BC. Its chief city was Augusta Praetoria Salassorum (Aosta).

Because the name Poeninus is similar to Poenus (Latin for "Carthaginian"), some Roman authors inferred that the Carthaginian general Hannibal crossed this part of the Alps in his famous march on Italy in 218 BC, using either the Great St Bernard or Little St Bernard passes. But the Roman historian Livy explains that Poeninus was actually a corruption of Penninus, the name of a deity worshipped by a local tribe. Livy adds that it was implausible that Hannibal took such a northerly route, as these high mountain passes would have been inaccessible at the time.^[1]

Citations

^ Livy XXI.38

References

Livy Ab Urbe Condita (ca. 20 AD)

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v • d • e Late Roman Provinces
Western Empire (395–476)
Praetorian Prefecture of Gaul	Diocese of Gaul: Alpes Poeninae et Graiae \| Belgica I \| Belgica II \| Germania I \| Germania II \| Lugdunensis I \| Lugdunensis II \| Lugdunensis III \| Lugdunensis IV \| Maxima Sequanorum Diocese of Vienne (later Septem Provinciae): Alpes Maritimae \| Aquitanica I \| Aquitanica II \| Narbonensis I \| Narbonensis II \| Novempopulania \| Viennensis Diocese of Spain: Baetica \| Baleares \| Carthaginensis \| Gallaecia \| Lusitania \| Mauretania Tingitana \| Tarraconensis Diocese of Britain: Britannia I \| Britannia II \| Flavia Caesariensis \| Maxima Caesariensis \| Valentia (369)
Praetorian Prefecture of Italy	Diocese of Suburbicarian Italy: Apulia et Calabria \| Bruttia et Lucania \| Campania \| Corsica \| Picenum Suburbicarium \| Samnium \| Sardinia \| Sicilia \| Tuscania et Umbria \| Valeria Diocese of Annonarian Italy: Alpes Cottiae \| Flaminia et Picenum Annonarium \| Liguria et Aemilia \| Raetia I \| Raetia II \| Venetia et Istria Diocese of Africa^†: Africa proconsularis (Zeugitana) \| Byzacena \| Mauretania Caesariensis \| Mauretania Sitifensis \| Numidia Cirtensis \| Numidia Militiana \| Tripolitania Diocese of Pannonia (later of Illyricum): Dalmatia \| Noricum mediterraneum \| Noricum ripense \| Pannonia I \| Pannonia II \| Savia \| Valeria ripensis
Eastern Empire (395–ca. 640)
Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum	Diocese of Dacia: Dacia mediterranea \| Dacia ripensis \| Dardania \| Moesia I \| Praevalitana Diocese of Macedonia: Achaea \| Creta \| Epirus nova\| Epirus vetus \| Macedonia I \| Macedonia II Salutaris \| Thessalia
Praetorian Prefecture of the East	Diocese of Thrace: Europa \| Haemimontus \| Moesia II^§ \| Rhodope \| Scythia^§ \| Thracia Diocese of Asia: Asia \| Caria^§ \| Hellespontus \| Insulae^§ \| Lycaonia (370) \| Lycia \| Lydia \| Pamphylia \| Pisidia \| Phrygia Pacatiana \| Phrygia Salutaria Diocese of Pontus*: Armenia I \| Armenia II* \| Armenia Maior* \| Armenian Satrapies* \| Armenia III (536) \| Armenia IV (536) \| Bithynia \| Cappadocia I* \| Cappadocia II* \| Galatia I* \| Galatia II Salutaris* \| Helenopontus* \| Honorias* \| Paphlagonia* \| Pontus Polemoniacus* Diocese of the East: Arabia \| Cilicia I \| Cilicia II \| Cyprus^§ \| Euphratensis \| Isauria \| Mesopotamia \| Osroene \| Palaestina I \| Palaestina II \| Palaestina III Salutaris \| Phoenice \| Phoenice Libanensis \| Syria I \| Syria II Salutaris \| Theodorias (528) Diocese of Egypt: Aegyptus I \| Aegyptus II \| Arcadia \| Augustamnica I \| Augustamnica II \| Libya Superior \| Libya Inferior \| Thebais Superior \| Thebais Inferior
Other territories	Taurica \| Lazica (532/562) \| Spania (552)
Notes	Provincial administration reformed by Diocletian, ca. 293. Praetorian prefectures established after the death of Constantine I. Empire permanently partitioned after 395. Exarchates of Ravenna and Africa established after 584. After massive territorial loss due to the Muslim conquests, the remaining provinces were superseded by the theme system in ca. 640–660 * affected (boundaries modified/abolished/renamed) by Justinian's administrative reorganization in 534–536 ^† re-established after reconquest by the Eastern Empire in 534, as the separate praetorian prefecture of Africa ^§ joined together into the Quaestura exercitus in 536

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