Raetia or Rhaetia (/ ˈriːʃ (i) ə / REE-sh (ee-)ə, Latin: [ˈrae̯.ti.a]) was a province of the Roman Empire named after the Rhaetian people.

The Raeti (/ ˈriːtaɪ / REE-ty; spelling variants: Rhaeti, Rheti or Rhaetii) were a confederation of Alpine tribes, whose language and culture were related to those of the Etruscans. Before the Roman conquest, they inhabited present-day Tyrol in Austria, eastern Switzerland and the Alpine regions of northeastern Italy.

Raetia, ancient Roman province comprising Vorarlberg and Tirol states in present-day Austria, the eastern cantons of Switzerland, and parts of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg states in Germany. Its native inhabitants were probably of mixed Illyrian and Celtic stock.

Apr 2, 2025 · Information about the Roman province of Raetia. Beginning around 800 BC, the Raetians started to colonize the area now known as Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and western Austria where the Helvetians were already prominent.

Raetia, a Roman Alpine province (see alps), including Tyrol and parts of Bavaria and Switzerland. Though small, Raetia was important because it blocked potential invasion-routes into Italy.Immediately after the south-east Alpine tribes had been defeated by P. Silius Nerva, Drusus (see claudius drusus, nero) and *Tiberius launched a joint ...

The Raeti possessed the lands of what today is Switzerland’s Grisons, Austria’s Tyrol, and parts of Germany’s Bavaria. Rhaetia was north of the Po, confined between the Danube, the Rhine, and the Lech rivers. The Raeti also were found in the mountains along …

Raetia (/ˈriːʃə/ or /ˈriːʃiə/, Latin: [rajtia], also spelled Rhaetia) was a province of the Roman Empire, named after the Rhaetian (Raeti or Rhaeti) people. It bordered on the west with the country of the Helvetii, on the east with Noricum, on the north with Vindelicia, on the west with Transalpine Gaul and on south with Venetia et Histria.

Mar 14, 2024 · This chapter describes the development of the “military province” of Raetia. So far, settlement continuity under the Roman Empire has only been proven for the pre-Alpine and Alpine zones. The Roman...

The entry discusses the historical context and evolution of Raetia as a Roman province, highlighting its establishment under Tiberius, the significance of its capital, Augusta Vindelicum, and the province's military and economic importance due to its strategic location.

RAETIA (so always in inscriptions; in classical MSS. usually Rhaetia), in ancient geography, a province of the Roman Empire, bounded on the W. by the country of the Helvetii, on the E. by Noricum, on the N. by Vindelicia and on the S. by Cisalpine Gaul.