Ars Mons

Ars Mons is the capital city of Travaenia, situated in the north of the country near the Flentia River. It lies on roads to Pautalia, Ratiaria, Stobia, Lisus, Sintiki and across the Iobian border to Talis.
The city gets its name from the eponymous district, a hill in the west of the city carpeted in temples, markets and statues built by the long-gone Reman Republic in honour of their heroes.
== History ==
Ars Mons was founded in the 7th Century BCE as a fort on an unnamed hill, which was named 'Ars Mons' by the Varappian philosopher Flarinius in a sarcastic jab at the squat, ugly fort.
Over time the Reman lands expanded and, by the time Corrinum was founded in the 4th Century BCE , Ars Mons was deep within Reman territory. The fort, no longer needed, fell into disrepair and was replaced in the 320's BCE by a large temple in honour of Linirus, the Reman earth god. This was followed by dozens more temples and statues as the hill itself became known as a holy place of Linirus.
During the Vardano-Reman Religious Wars, Ars Mons was one of the cities that converted to Ekdianism, part of the original Corrinean League. Once the League dissolved Ars Mons was taken by a series of rogue Reman commanders in what became locally as the 'Decade of Shame'. The last Reman commander to have control was Antolijus Sannas, the leader of an Agrimentan auxiliary unit. He used wits and guile to conquer the core of what is now known as northern Travaenia.
Once Ars Mons was cemented as the capital of the new country of Travaenia its status and prestige plummeted, but this didn't change the fact that its infrastructure was greatly improved by Antolijus and his successors. As it stands, the city of Ars Mons is one of the most important cities in the Southern Wing of the Sacred Coalition.
Category:Settlements
Category:Travaenia
Category:Reme