The Julian Alps (Slovene: Julijske Alpe, Italian: Alpi Giulie, Venetian: Alpe Jułie, Friulian: Alps Juliis, German: Julische Alpen) are a mountain range...
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The Battle of Forum Julii was fought between the armies of the rival Roman emperors Otho and Vitellius forces in early 69 AD. It is described by Tacitus...
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the north by the crest of the Carnic Alps between Carnia and Austrian Carinthia, on the east by the Julian Alps, the border with Slovenia and the Timavo...
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province of Provence, located in the southeast corner of France between the Alps, the Mediterranean, the river Rhône and the upper reaches of the river Durance...
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history of the bishops of Metz to 766, the first work of its kind north of the Alps. This was translated into English in 2013 as Liber de episcopis Mettensibus...
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Cottius (category Julii)
mountainous Roman province then known as Alpes Taurinae and now as the Cottian Alps early in the 1st century BC. Son and successor to King Donnus, he negotiated...
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the Alps. He writes in his book "The Natural History" book III chapter 6 : Gaul is divided from Italy by the river Varus, and by the range of the Alps (...
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Located in Provence at 500m alt, Aups is in the first foothills of the Alps. The town is at the gates of Verdon River, at 60 km from the sea and 80 km...
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lies 135 metres (443 ft) above sea-level in the foothills of the eastern Alps, 15 kilometres (9 mi) by rail from the city of Udine and close to the Slovenian...
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—the second and tenth above all." Gaius Cornelius Gallus, born at Forum Julii about 70 BC, was a partisan of Octavian, and is said to have been appointed...
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region Peninsula Climate Climate change Geology Fauna Flora Mountains Prealps Alps Apennines Volcanism Volcanoes Beaches Canals Caves Earthquakes Islands Lakes...
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Julius Caesar (category Julii Caesares)
renewal, most likely to control his ability to make war on the far side of the Alps. Some time in the year, perhaps after the passing of the bill distributing...
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marble, but in 1465 Agostino himself went to Carrara, a town in the Apuan Alps, and acquired a very large block of bianco ordinario from the Fantiscritti...
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of Gallia Transpadana (the part of Cisalpine Gaul between the Po and the Alps). In superintending the distribution of the Mantuan territory amongst the...
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region Peninsula Climate Climate change Geology Fauna Flora Mountains Prealps Alps Apennines Volcanism Volcanoes Beaches Canals Caves Earthquakes Islands Lakes...
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the Alps. Catulus, with Sulla, moved to block their advance; the two men likely cooperated well. But Catulus' army was defeated in the eastern Alps and...
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Caligula (category Julii Caesares)
temple of Didymaean Apollo at Ephesus and to found a city high up in the Alps. He also intended to dig a canal through the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece...
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cross the Alps from the northeast. The two consuls divided their forces, with Marius heading west into Gaul and Catulus holding the Italian Alps. In the...
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Quintilis officially became Julius (accusative feminine plural Julias, ablative Juliis), and in 8 BC, Sextilis became Augustus (accusative feminine plural Augustas...
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patrician classes in medieval Italian city-states, and also north of the Alps, is covered in patricianship. The eastern emperor Zeno (r. 474–491) granted...
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history, traditions and identity. Friuli comes from the Latin term Forum Julii ("Julius' forum"), a center for commerce in the Roman times, which today...
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Augustus (category Julii Caesares)
the very rich gold deposits at Las Médulas. Conquering the peoples of the Alps in 16 BC was another important victory for Rome, since it provided a large...
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Julia the Elder (category Julii Caesares)
was governor of Gaul, and it is likely that Julia followed him across the Alps. Shortly after their arrival, their first child Gaius was born, and in 19...
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wished to settle the land. The original duchy was bound by the Carnic Alps and Julian Alps to the north and northeast and was hardly accessible from those directions...
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portraying the Blessing Christ (signed by one Solsternus from 1207). Beyond the Alps the first important example of mosaic art was the decoration of the Palatine...
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of the 1st century AD, in Parian marble, was discovered at Fréjus (Forum Julii) in 1650. It is considered as the best Roman copy of the lost Greek work...
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Majorian (category Julii)
comes Burco, sent by Majorian to stop them: The savage Alaman had scaled the Alps and had emerged, plundering the Roman land; he had sent 900 foemen to scour...
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condition they would not preach at this place any longer. They preached in the Alps and built a chapel at Embrun, and then continued on to Geneva, and then Trier...
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reputation, Rome now began to look to expand from the Italian mainland. Since the Alps formed a natural barrier to the north, and Rome was none too keen to meet...
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response to this threat, Pope Stephen II made an unusual journey north of the Alps to visit the Frankish king, Pepin III, to seek his help against the invading...
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