Conquest of Raetia and the Alps | |||||||||
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Part of Augustus's Wars | |||||||||
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Roman Empire | Raetians and Vindelicians | ||||||||
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Silius Nerva, Tiberius, and Drusus | – |
The Roman conquest of Rhetia and the Alpine arc from 16 to 7 BC was the prelude to the great invasion of Germania from 12 to 9 BC. The aim was to extend the Empire's northern frontiers to the Elbe and Danube rivers.