Alpes Maritimae

The Alpes Maritimae (; English: 'Maritime Alps') were a small province of the Roman Empire founded in 63 AD by Nero. It was one of the three provinces straddling the Alps between modern France and Italy, along with Alpes Graiae et Poeninae and Alpes Cottiae. The Alpes Maritimae included parts of the present-day French departments of Alpes-Maritimes (in which the name survives), Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes.
History.
Following the subjugation of the local Ligurian tribes in the summer of 14 BC, the region was ruled by a "praefectus civitatium", then was given Latin Rights in 63 AD and administered by a "procurator". Cemenelum (modern Cimiez, a neighbourhood of Nice), the chief town of the Vediantii, became the capital of the new province.
Under Diocletian (284–305), the province was extended after it was given parts of Gallia Narbonensis and Alpes Cottiae, and was allocated to the "praefectura Galliarum" (Diocese of Vienne). The capital was transferred to Eburodunum (modern Embrun), which was initially part of the Alpes Cottiae.
Settlements.
Major settlements within the province included:
After 297 the province was expanded to include: