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Definition of Cisalpine
1. Adjective. On the Italian or Roman side of the Alps. "Ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps"
Definition of Cisalpine
1. a. On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.
Definition of Cisalpine
1. Adjective. On this side of the Alps (with respect to Rome, therefore the south side). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cisalpine
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cisalpine
Literary usage of Cisalpine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"All the high functionaries of the cisalpine Republic had been compelled to expiate
... Before it obtained a regular polity, the cisalpine had to submit to a ..."
2. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"But the conquest of cisalpine Gaul cannot be separated from the general conquest
of Western Europe. The Roman conquest of Gaul and Spain, by gradually ..."
3. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"The Addition of cisalpine Gaul. — A few years later came a great addition of
territory on the north. Rome had begun to plant colonies ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1803)
"The Consulta put/ic/y submit the пеш Constitution of the cisalpine Republic to
him, and solicit him tu accept the Presidency.— Constitution of the Italian ..."
5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"cisalpine REPUBLIC, a commonwealth founded in 1797, in Italy, by Bonaparte, ...
Instead of cisalpine, it was now called the Italian republic, and under the ..."
6. The Roman History of Appian of Alexandria by of Alexandria Appianus (1899)
"The Senate, which looked upon cisalpine Gaul as its own fortress, was angry, and
now for the first time perceived the stratagem and repented having given ..."
7. History of the Romans Under the Empire by Charles Merivale (1865)
"Decimus assumes the command of the cisalpine.—Antonius induces the senate to take
Syria and Macedonia from, the liberators, and bestow them upon Dolabella ..."
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