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Arsia (river)
Arsia may signify: *Arsia (river), in Croatian Istria, now known as Raša *Arsia Mons, a volcano on Mars *Silva Arsia, a forest near Republican Rome *''Arsia'', one of the evil customs in medieval Catalonia *''Arsia'', Latin name of today's Ersa, Haute-Corse, a commune in Corsica {{Dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsia Mons
Arsia Mons is the southernmost of three volcanoes (collectively known as Tharsis Montes) on the Tharsis bulge near the equator of the planet Mars. To its north is Pavonis Mons, and north of that is Ascraeus Mons. The tallest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, is to its northwest. Its name comes from a corresponding albedo feature on a map by Giovanni Schiaparelli, which he named in turn after the legendary Roman forest of Arsia Silva. Historically, it was known as Nodus Gordii ("Gordian knot") before being renamed. Structure Arsia Mons is a shield volcano with a relatively low slope and a massive caldera at its summit. The southernmost of the three Tharsis Montes volcanoes, it is the only major Tharsis volcano south of the equator. The volcano is in diameter, almost high (more than higher than the surrounding plains), and the summit caldera is 110 km (72 miles) wide. It experiences atmospheric pressure lower than 107 pascals [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silva Arsia
The Silva Arsia is a forest or wooded area near Rome situated where the Roman and Veientine territories abutted. Legend has it that in 509 BCE Romans heard the prophetic voice of Silvanus foretelling their victory over the Etruscans (Livy), 2.7.2). At the Battle of Silva Arsia that year the forces said to have been assembled by the Etruscan Tarquin were defeated, though with the loss of the Roman consul Lucius Junius Brutus. The forest, rich in timber essential for shipbuilding, had been seized from the Etruscans of Veii by Ancus Martius. Since woodland was everywhere the province of Silvanus, there is no reason to connect the otherwise unknown ''Silva Arsia'' with the "forest of Silvanus 'Silvanus luccus''outside the walls at a distance, all overgrown with a willow grove" noted in Plautus Titus Maccius Plautus ( ; 254 – 184 BC) was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Customs
Evil customs (Catalan: ''mals usos'', lit. "bad uses") were specific medieval feudal customs, generally levies, which peasants were subjected to by their feudal lords in the Crown of Aragon and other European countries. These obligations are related to the ''Ius Maletractandi'', a right approved by the Catalan Court of 1358, which empowered the feudal lords to treat their people in ways later considered unjust. Catalonia In the Principality of Catalonia, the population was controlled by the feudal nobility and a number of benefits were established that would later be considered evil customs. The customs were most often found in relation to the land of the so-called Old Catalonia. The ties of the peasant to the land he worked required him to pay a redemption if he wanted to leave it. The Usages of Barcelona collected only three of the most common obligations: the , and . The evil customs with the possibility of being redeemed paying a tribute to the lord in the were: * : a rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
