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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A range of the Alps between northwest Italy and southeast France. It rises to 3,841 m (12,602 ft) at Mount Viso.
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Before the Roman conquest of the Graian and Cottian Alps, Taurasia was already an important city of the Taurini, a Ligurian people.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Perhaps you remember that it is separated from Dauphiny, in France, by the Cottian Alps, and that among the valleys on the Piedmontese side dwell the Waldenses or
Elsie at Nantucket Martha Finley 1868
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In these Cottian Alps, which begin at the town of Susa, one vast ridge rises up, scarcely passable by any one without danger.
The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Ammianus Marcellinus 1851
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Seleuci was a small place in the Cottian Alps, a few miles distant from
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Edward Gibbon 1765
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