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5 unusual facts about Field of Mars


Century Assembly

Because of this, as well as the large size of the assembly (as many as 373 centuries), the assembly often met on the Field of Mars (Latin: Campus Martius), which was a large field located right outside of the city wall.

Edmund Buchner

Buchner is known primarily for his research on the solarium Augusti, the sundial erected by the Roman emperor Augustus on the Field of Mars in Rome.

O'Higgins Park

The park contains several structures like the Field of Mars (Campos de Marte) — also known as The Ellipse (La Elipse), for its shape — where every September 19, the military parade takes place.

Pons Agrippae

To connect his villa to the Field of Mars, where Agrippa had built several important monuments, it has been suggested that Agrippa constructed the Pons Agrippae.

Tribal Assembly

By the late republic, the assembly often met right outside of the city wall on the Field of Mars (Campus Martius), because the size of the field allowed votes to occur more quickly.



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Lenny McPherson

He was buried on 3 September 1996 at the Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, New South Wales.