March, Or Morawa

March, Or Morawa, a river of Austria, which rises on the N. frontier of Moravia, near Al-stadt, and flows S. S. E., passing Olmutz, Krem-sier, and Hradisch; then turning S. S. W. it separates Hungary from Moravia and the archduchy of Austria, and flows into the Danube 7 m. above Presburg. Its principal affluents are the Hanna, Miava, Beczwa, and Thaya. Its length is about 200 m., and it is navigable as far as Goding, 50 m., and improvements for extending navigation to Olmutz are proposed. At its mouth it is 400 yards wide. Its position on the boundary of Hungary and proximity to Vienna have made it often of historical importance. The extensive plain between the lower March and the Danube, called the Marchfcld, has been the scene of several great battles, including those of Aspern, Essling, and Wagram.

The Marches

The Marches, a geographical division of the kingdom of Italy, embracing the provio of Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata, and Pesa-ro ed Urbino; area. 3,746 sq. m.; pop. in 1872, 915.419. The boundaries in general correspond to those of the medieval marches of Ancona and Fermo.

Marcion

See Gnostics, vol. viii., pp. 53, 54.

Marco Da Uggione

See Oggione.

Marco De Saint-Hilaire

Marco De Saint-Hilaire, the pseudonyme of Émile Marc Hilaire, a French writer, born about 1790. At an early age he became one of the pages of Napoleon I., and afterward engaged in book making as a profession. His best known works are: Mémoires d'un page de la cour impériale (2 vols. 8vo, 1830); Souvenirs de la vie privée de Napoléon (1838); His-toire populaire de Napoléon et de la grande armée (large 8vo, illustrated, 1842); Histoire de la garde impériale (large 8vo, illustrated, 1845-'7); Histoire de la campagne de Russie (4 vols. 8vo, illustrated, 1846-8); Histoire des conspirations et exécutions politiques (4 vols. large 8vo, illustrated, 1849), including France, England, Spain, and Russia; a continuation to 1850 of Anquetil's Histoire de France (1853); and Histoire de Napoléon III. (8vo, 1853).

Marco Girolamo Vida

Marco Girolamo Vida, an Italian poet, born in Cremona about 1485, died at Alba, Sept. 27, 1566. He studied at Padua and Bologna, and entered the order of the canons of St. Mark at Mantua. Subsequently he became canon of St. John Lateran in Rome, and prior of San Silvestro at Frascati, and in 1532 bishop of Alba. He was one of the most learned scholars and best Latin poets of his day. He wrote also in Italian. His best production is a metrical treatise De Arte Poetica (Rome, 1527), which, as well as his Christias, has been translated into English. His poem on chess, Scacchioe Ludus, was translated by Goldsmith.

Marcus Anrelins Carinus

Marcus Anrelins Carinus, the elder of the two sons of the Roman emperor Carus, who conjointly succeeded to the throne in 283. The younger, Numerian, was supposed to have been murdered on his return from the East, and Carinus, ruling alone, became one of the most profligate and cruel of the Roman emperors. The soldiers having rebelled and proclaimed Diocletian, Carinus marched into Mcesia to quell the revolt. In 285 a decisive battle was fought near Margum, in which Carinus gained the victory; but in the moment of triumph he was slain by one of his own officers, whose wife he had seduced.