arles
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1. arles - Noun
3. Arles - Proper noun
Meaning
An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.
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A direct frontal assault, such as took Arles, using rope ladders and rams, plus a few catapults, simply was not sufficient to take Narbonne without horrific loss of life for the Franks, troops Charles felt he could not lose.
Barnes, Constantine and Eusebius, 34. Maximian fled to Massilia ( Marseille ), a town better able to withstand a long siege than Arles.
Charles broke the traditional powers of the major towns (Nice, Grasse, Marseille, Arles, Avignon) and aroused considerable hostility by his punctilious insistence on enjoying his full rights and fees.
Britain sent three bishops to the Council of Arles in 314, and a Gaulish bishop went to the island in 396 to help settle disciplinary matters.
Arles' citizens demanded that the mad Dutchman be kept under medical supervision, but he was allowed to leave during the day to paint as therapy.
At Arles, the Rhône divides itself in two arms, forming the Camargue delta, with all branches flowing into the Mediterranean Sea.