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Alpes
the Alps
also: Alpes
The mountain range dividing Italy from Gaul and Germany, crossed by the Cimbri and Teutones in their invasion.
Reading notes
- On the Shortness of Life §4.5 Alps
The mountain range between Italy and the north, pacified under Augustus.
- On Anger §1.11 the Alps
The mountain barrier between Italy and the north, crossed by the Cimbri and Teutones.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §5.51.5 the Alps
The mountain range Hannibal famously crossed to invade Italy; here a measure of the hardship his army survived before luxury unmanned it.
- Natural Questions §4.2.19 the Alps
The high European range, snow-clad yet feeding rivers that rise in spring, not summer.