Brenner Pass

• The Brenner Pass is one of the main Passes through the Eastern Alps and forms the frontier between Italy and Austria.
• It has an altitude of 4,495 ft (1,370m). During the Roman Empire it was used to reach Augsburg.

Roman Road (140’s CE)

• In the second century CE, a second Roman Road was built to the east of the Via Claudia Augusta, to reach Augsburg using the Brenner Pass.
• Despite the Germanic invasions, the Brenner Pass remained under Roman control until the Fall of the Western Empire (476 CE).

Via Claudia Augusta (15 BCE)

• The Romans had already built the Via Claudia Augusta (15 BCE) between Verona in Italy and Augsburg in Germany.
• This road used the Reschen Pass and the Fern Pass.

Brenner Pass