Rhaetian Alps

The Rhaetian Alps encompass mountain ranges of the Eastern Alps between Graubünden, Tyrol and northern Italy. Along the southern side of this high country, steep valleys cut between snow-covered ridges and link the Alpine interior with the Italian lowlands. The name recalls the Rhaetian peoples and the Roman province of Raetia. Under Augustus, Roman armies subdued the peoples of this mountainous region in 15 BC, bringing it within a realm that extended across both sides of the Alps.