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14-723: By Roman times, the Arsia, as it was called in Latin, constituted the border between the Histri , who lived west of its banks, and the Liburni on the coast to the east, with the Iapydes in the upcountry valley behind them. After the Romans conquered the fierce and piratical Histri in 177 BC, the Arsia formed the limes of Roman territory in coastal Istria for a generation, until the gap between

28-405: A border. By Roman times, the Arsia, as it was called in Latin, constituted the border between the Histri , who lived west of its banks, and the Liburni on the coast to the east, with the Iapydes in the upcountry valley behind them. After the Romans conquered the fierce and piratical Histri in 177 BC, the Arsia formed the limes of Roman territory in coastal Istria for a generation, until

42-466: Is the river Arsia . This European history –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arsia (river) The Raša ( Latin : Arsia , Italian: Arsa ) in Croatian Istria is a major river of Croatia 's Istria County . It is 23 kilometres (14 mi) long, and its basin covers an area of 279 km (108 sq mi). Its mouth is in

56-612: The Istrian Peninsula , to which they gave the name Histria . Their territory stretched to the neighbouring Gulf of Trieste and bordered the Iapodes in the hinterland of Tarsatica . The Histri formed a kingdom. They are classified in some sources as a Venetic tribe, with some ties with the Illyrians , or a purely Illyrian tribe. The Histri are also described as Thracians ; an orientation includes them in

70-655: The Liburnian linguistic area. Since they inhabited the Istrian peninsula, they had more intensive trade and cultural contacts with the Mediterranean world, particularly central and southern Italy . The Romans described the Histri as a fierce tribe of pirates, protected by the difficult navigation of their rocky coasts. An account stated that this tribe was first in the northern Adriatic area to be threatened by

84-512: The patriarchs of Aquileia . After centuries of Venetian rule over all of Istria to the Raša, the Raša became the border between Napoleon's Kingdom of Italy and the Austrian Empire ; following Napoleon's downfall, Austria gained all of Istria and the river became the border between two Austrian provinces. The planned city of Raša ( Italian : Arsia ), on the tributary Krapanski Potok of

98-503: The Arsia and the northernmost Roman outposts in illyria was closed in 129; for long afterwards it divided Italia and its regio X , from Illyricum , according to the divisions ratified by Augustus . The 8th-century Irish monk and geographer Dicuil , following his late Latin sources for the geographical summary De mensura Orbis terrae , gives the northeastern boundary of Italia as flumen Arsia . The Roman road Via Flavia , reaching from Tergeste (Trieste) into Istria came to an end at

112-580: The Roman imperialism and to start a war. It took two military campaigns for the Romans to finally subdue them in 177 BCE. In the Augustan age the most of Istria was then called, together with the Venetian part, the X Roman region of Venetia et Histria : the ancient definition of the northeastern border of Italy. Dante Alighieri refers to it as well; the eastern border of Italy per ancient definition

126-558: The crossing of the Arsia; beyond, it continued into Dalmatia as a local road that linked to Via Gemina . In the early 10th century Tomislav of Croatia ruled a state that ran from the Adriatic to the Drava , and from the Raša, as it was now being called, to the Drina . In the 13th century, the territory on the east bank was administered by the counts of Gorizia , while that on the west

140-411: The crossing of the Arsia; beyond, it continued into Dalmatia as a local road that linked to Via Gemina . In the early 10th century Tomislav of Croatia ruled a state that ran from the Adriatic to the Drava , and from the Raša, as it was now being called, to the Drina . In the 13th century, the territory on the east bank was administered by the counts of Gorizia , while that on the west was ruled by

154-522: The gap between the Arsia and the northernmost Roman outposts in illyria was closed in 129; for long afterwards it divided Italia and its regio X , from Illyricum , according to the divisions ratified by Augustus . The 8th-century Irish monk and geographer Dicuil , following his late Latin sources for the geographical summary De mensura Orbis terrae , gives the northeastern boundary of Italia as flumen Arsia . The Roman road Via Flavia , reaching from Tergeste (Trieste) into Istria came to an end at

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168-488: The long ria of Raša Bay ( Croatian : Raški zaljev , formerly Italian : Porto d'Arsia ), which is a drowned river valley scoured out when world sea levels fell, then drowned by the rising waters of the post-glacial era. The Raša rises in springs near Pićan and flows south through a steep-sided valley before opening into the head of the Adriatic Sea . The river, although short in length, has an ancient history as

182-491: The river in the inner part of the Raška Inlet, was constructed in 1936–1937 as Arsia on drained wetlands to gain arable land for farming and to serve expanding coal mining operations, as part of Mussolini's urban colonization and Italianization of Istria. The village of Barban is the other major settlement near the river. Histri The Histri or Istri ( Ancient Greek : Ἴστροι ) were an ancient people inhabiting

196-418: Was ruled by the patriarchs of Aquileia . After centuries of Venetian rule over all of Istria to the Raša, the Raša became the border between Napoleon's Kingdom of Italy and the Austrian Empire ; following Napoleon's downfall, Austria gained all of Istria and the river became the border between two Austrian provinces. The planned city of Raša ( Italian : Arsia ), on the tributary Krapanski Potok of

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