Arsia
Arsĭa, ae, m.,
- a small river of Istria, which became the boundary between Italy and Illyricum under Augustus; the present Arsa, Plin. 3, 26, 29, § 150; Flor. 2, 5; cf. Mann. Thrace, p. 325.
Arsĭa Silva, ae, f.,
- a forest in Etruria, celebrated for a battle between the Tarquinii and the Romans, Liv. 2, 7; Val. Max. 1, 8; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, 553.
Arsia, ae, f., Grenzfluß von Oberitalien u. Illyrikum in Istrien, j. Arsa, Flor. 2, 5, 1. Plin. 3, 150; mit einer gleichnam. Stadt, Plin. 3, 139.
1 Arsia, æ, m. , fleuve de lʼIstrie : Plin. 3, 129 ; 139 ; 150.
Archia, Fornix pontis. Chartul. Floriac. fol. 199 :
Tandem probatum est quod jus est nobis acquisitum capiendi et scindi faciendi in nostro nemore pro nostro chaufagio, et etiam merranum pro nobis et domibus nostris de Loriaco, aliis stallis, molendinis, et Arsiis et pontibus dicti loci.
ARSIA
A´RSIAa small river of Istria, still called Arsa, which became the boundary between Italy and Illyricum, when Istria had been annexed by Augustus to the former country. (Plin. Nat. 3.5. s. 6, 19. s. 23; Tab. Peut.) Florus represents it as having been at an earlier period the limit between the Illyrians and Istrians (2.4). It flowed into the Flanaticus Sinus ( Golfo di Qeuarnero), on the E. coast of Istria, just beyond the town of Nesactium ( Castel Nuovo). The existence of a town of the name Civitas Arsia,rests only on the authority of the geographer of Ravenna (4.31), and is probably a mistake.
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