The Gallic Alps (Latin: )Ammianus Marcellinus. Res Gestae, 15:10. "De Alpibus Gallicanis; et de variis per eas itineribus." were an ancient cultural region located in the Alps and populated mainly by Gauls. The term Celtic Alps is also found in ancient Greek texts.Cassius Dio. Rhōmaïkḕ Historía, 39:44: "Ἄλπεων τῶν Κελτικῶν"; Philippus. Greek Anthology 9:61: "Κελτῶν ... Ἄλπεις".

The Romans distinguished the following chains in the Alps: (Maritime Alps), (Cottian Alps), (Graian Alps), (Pennine Alps), (Rhaetian Alps), (Noric Alps), (Carnic Alps), and (Venetian Prealps). They also gave the name of to the Austrian (Austrian Central Alps) and Dalmatian mountains (Dinaric Alps).

History After the Roman conquest of the Western Alps (16–15 BC), three provinces were created in the mountain range between Italy and Gallia Narbonensis: Alpes Cottiae, Alpes Maritimae, and Alpes Graiae et Poeninae.

See also

Gallia Cisalpina Gallia Transalpina, later renamed Gallia Narbonensis Gallia Celtica Gallia Belgica Gallia Aquitania

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