Rome's assault on the Alps

It's around 35-25 BC. All of Gaul is occupied by the Romans... And the Alps? No! In the valleys of the Poenine Alps, the indomitable Alpine Celts continue to resist the invaders. And life wasn't easy for the occupants of the Roman forts set up on the passes and peaks close to the eternal snows.

Romain Andenmatten is an archaeologist and scientific manager at the Office cantonal d'archéologie du Valais (OCA). A specialist in glacial archaeology, he coordinates research programs in the high mountains, takes part in university collaborations and promotes participatory tools such as the IceWatcher application to report and protect these precious discoveries.