Tropaeum Alpium

The Trophy was built c. 7 BC in honor of Augustus to celebrate his definitive victory over the 45 tribes who populated the Alps.The Alpine populations were defeated during the military campaign to subdue the Alps conducted by the Romans between 16 and 7 BC.The inscription was only preserved in fragments, but could be reconstructed thanks to the transcription of Pliny the Elder,[1] albeit with minor corrections.[7] The Tropaeum is located on the Via Julia Augusta, a Roman road named after Augustus which was built as an extension of the Via Aurelia, and which linked the settlements of Album Intimilium (modern Ventimiglia) and Cemenelum (present-day Cimiez in Nice).[citation needed] The Edward Tuck Museum on the site of the Trophy includes fragments, plaster molds, old photographs documenting the monument and its reconstruction.
The Trophy of Augustus
Model reconstruction of the Tropaeum Alpium
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