occupied by the Ceutrones in about the 1st century ADNote:
Lake Geneva is shown at the top The Ceutrones dwelled in the
Tarantaise Valley, along the upper
Isère river, near the
Little St Bernard Pass (Alpis Graia) on the route stretching from the
Rhône Valley to the north of the
Italian Peninsula. Their territory was located north of the
Graioceli and
Medulli, southeast of the
Allobroges, southwest of the
Veragri, and west of the
Salassi, on the other side of the Alps. Their chief town was known as Axima (modern
Aime-la-Plagne). Renamed to Forum Claudii Ceutronum under
Claudius (41–54 AD), probably when the Ceutrones were granted
Latin Rights, it became the chief town of Alpes Graiae, one of the two divisions of the province of
Alpes Graiae et Poeninae. The
procurator of the province had an occasional residence in the Ceutronian chief town. In
Late Antiquity, the city lost its position to Darentasia (
Moûtiers), which became the capital of the
Diocese of Tarentaise in 426. == History ==