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COTTII REGNUM

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 253 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COTTII REGNUM , a See also:

DISTRICT

district in the See also:

north of See also:

LIGURIA

Liguria, including a considerable See also:

PART

part of the important road which led over the pass (6119 ft.) of the Alpis Cottia (Mont Genevre) into See also:

Gaul. Whether See also:

Hannibal crossed the See also:

ALPS

Alps by this route is disputed, but it was certainly in use about too B.C. (see PUNIC See also:

WARS

WARS). In 58 B.C. See also:

Caesar met with some resistance on See also:

CROSSING

crossing it, but seems after-wards to have entered into friendly relations with Donnus, the See also:

king of the district; he must have used it frequently, and refers to it as the shortest route. Donnus's son Cottius erected the triumphal See also:

arch at his See also:

capital See also:

SEGUSIO (mod. Susa, q.v.)

Segusio, the See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

Susa, in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus. Under See also:

NERO (37-68)

Nero, after the See also:

DEATH

death of the last Cottius, it became a See also:

province under the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of "Alpes Cottiae," being governed by a See also:

PROCURATOR (Lat. procurare, to take care of)

procurator See also:

AUGUSTI, JOHANN CHRISTIAN WILHELM (1772-1841)

Augusti, though it still kept its old name also.

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