Raetia

Alternative forms

• Rætia (obsolete)
• Rhaetia
• Rhætia (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin Raetia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːʃə/, /ˈɹiːʃi.ə/

Proper noun

Raetia

1. (historical) A Roman province bordered on the west by the Helvetii, on the east by Noricum, on the north by Vindelicia, on the west by Cisalpine Gaul and on south by Italy, which occupied the region which is today central and eastern Switzerland, southern Bavaria, most of Tirol and part of Lombardy.

Alternative forms

• Rhaetia

Etymology

After the Raetī.

The position of the province within the Roman Empire

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈrae̯.ti.a/

Proper noun

Raetia f (genitive Raetiae); first declension

1. Raetia