🏛️ Inscription romaine du col de la Forclas à Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
Latin inscription of Emperor Vespasian on a mountain pass in the French Alps
📋 Fast Facts
- Location: Col de la Forclas, mountain pass between Saint-Gervais-les-Bains and Sallanches, Haute-Savoie
- Date: 1st century CE, reign of Emperor Vespasian (69–79 CE)
- Language: Latin, bearing Vespasian's imperial titles and authority
- Status: Classified as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture
The inscription romaine du col de la Forclas is a carved Latin inscription on a large stone block positioned near the summit of this Alpine mountain pass in the Haute-Savoie department of France. The text commemorates the authority of the Roman Emperor Vespasian and dates to the 1st century CE. Discovered in the 19th century, the inscription has been protected as a historical monument and remains significant evidence of Roman imperial administration and engineering in the Alpine frontier region ...