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Rhosus
Rhosus may refer to: Places and jurisdictions * Arsuz (Arsûs), formerly known as Rhosus, a coastal town in Hatay Province, Asian Turkey, ** the former Diocese of Rhosus, with see in the above city in Cilicia Secunda, now a Latin Catholic titular see * a place on the Pierian coast in Macedonia Other uses * (1986), a Moldovan-flagged cargo ship whose abandoned ammonium nitrate cargo fueled the 2020 Beirut explosions * ''Rhosus'' (moth), a moth genus {{Dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsuz
Arsuz ( ar, أرسوز ; el, Αρσούς) is a town and district Hatay Province, Turkey. In ancient times, it was known as Rhosus ( grc, Ῥῶσός and Ῥωσός) and was a former bishopric and titular see. Geography Arsuz used to be a part of İskenderun district of Hatay Province. The town center is located South of İskenderun and from Antakya (administrative center of Hatay Province). The population is 90,456 as of 2018. While the town center is relatively small near the end of a coastal road leading south from İskenderun, the entire coastal region between İskenderun and the town center is often simply referred as Arsuz. This area is predominantly small rural farms (generally located inland towards the mountains) and small groups of summer homes (generally located near the coastline). In 2014, according to Turkish law no. 6360, Arsuz became a municipality with seven towns and 25 villages. History Arsuz had many names throughout history, including: Rhosus, Rho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Rhosus
Arsuz ( ar, أرسوز ; el, Αρσούς) is a town and district Hatay Province, Turkey. In ancient times, it was known as Rhosus ( grc, Ῥῶσός and Ῥωσός) and was a former bishopric and titular see. Geography Arsuz used to be a part of İskenderun district of Hatay Province. The town center is located South of İskenderun and from Antakya (administrative center of Hatay Province). The population is 90,456 as of 2018. While the town center is relatively small near the end of a coastal road leading south from İskenderun, the entire coastal region between İskenderun and the town center is often simply referred as Arsuz. This area is predominantly small rural farms (generally located inland towards the mountains) and small groups of summer homes (generally located near the coastline). In 2014, according to Turkish law no. 6360, Arsuz became a municipality with seven towns and 25 villages. History Arsuz had many names throughout history, including: Rhosus, Rho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieres
The Pieres (Ancient Greek: Πίερες) were an ancient tribe that long before the archaic period in Greece occupied the narrow strip of plain land, or low hill, between the mouths of the Peneius and the HaliacmonE.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 2,Στενήν—the Paeonians had possessed ‘a narrow strip on the bank of the Axius, down to Pella and the sea.’ Grote points out that this would leave hardly any room for the Bottiaeans, who dwelt north of the Pierians, between the mouth of the Haliacmon (the Indjeh Kara-su) and that of the Axius. Probably Thuc. is mistaken in saying μέχρι θαλάσσης, and the Paeonians did not extend so far east rivers, at the foot of the great woody steeps of Mount Olympus. This region was named after them as Pieria ( el, Πιερία). Origins The tribe's origins are disputed. According to W. K. C. Guthrie, the tribe was Thracian, whereas Maximilian Wolfgang Duncker and Karl Otfried Müller believed them to have been G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |