place
Alpes
the Alps
The mountain range walling off Italy from Transalpine Gaul; in 43 BC the Alpine passes were held by Lepidus's garrisons, blocking movement between Spain/Gaul and Italy (Fam. 10.31).
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 11.4 §1 the Alpine tribes
Mountain peoples on the borders of Cisalpine Gaul, the province Decimus Brutus governed. He fought them in late 44 BC chiefly to harden his army for the coming struggle with Antony.