The Gallic Alps (Latin: ) were an ancient cultural region located in the Alps and populated mainly by Gauls. The term Celtic Alps is also found in ancient Greek texts.
The Romans distinguished the following chains in the Alps: (Maritime Alps), (Cottian Alps), (Graian Alps), (Pennine Alps), (Rhaetian Alps), (Noric Alps), (Carnic Alps), and (Venetian Prealps). They also gave the name of to the Austrian (Austrian Central Alps) and Dalmatian mountains (Dinaric Alps).
After the Roman conquest of the Western Alps (16âÂÂ15 BC), three provinces were created in the mountain range between Italy and Gallia Narbonensis: Alpes Cottiae, Alpes Maritimae, and Alpes Graiae et Poeninae.