Note: A small ancient Roman province in the western Alps; it was made a province about 14 BCE and included Pedo (Borgo San Dalmazzo in Piedmont) in the Italian foothills and Cemenelum (Cimiez, adjoining Nice). They were administered by a prefect, later a procurator, whose main duty was to protect the road called the Via Julia Augusta. Alpes Maritimae was accorded Latin rights in 63 CE.
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