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'''Cottii Regnum''' was a small independent kingdom in northwestern [[Italy]]. It included most of an important [[road]] over the [[Mountain pass|pass]] of [[Mont Genevre]] and Mont Cenis into [[Gaul]]. The pass was in use by about 100 BC.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

In 58 BC, [[Julius Caesar]] met with some resistance on crossing it, but seems afterwards to have entered into friendly relations with [[Donnus]], the king of the district; he must have used it frequently, and referred to it as the shortest route. Donnus's son [[Cottius]] erected the [[triumphal arch]] at his capital Segusio, the modern [[Susa, Piedmont|Susa]], in honour of [[Augustus]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

The kingdom was included in the [[Roman Empire]] under [[Nero]] about AD 64,{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}} when it became a province under the title of "[[Alpes Cottiae]]," being governed by a [[Procurator (ancient Rome)|procurator Augusti]], though it still kept its old name also.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

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*{{EB1911|wstitle=Cottii Regnum|volume=7|page=253}}

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