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'''Mare Erythraeum''' is a large, dusky region on [[Mars]] that is visible from [[Earth]] with a simple telescope. The name comes from the [[Latin]] for the Arabian Sea, because it was originally thought to be a large sea of liquid water. It was included in Percival Lowell's 1895 map of Mars.
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'''Mare Erythraeum''' is a region on [[Mars]].  


[[Thomas Lasky]] was born in [[Tricode Village]] on Mare Erythraeum.<ref>'''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''', ''Part 3''</ref>
==Background==
Mare Erythraeum is a very large dark dusky region of Mars that can be viewed by even a small telescope. The name comes from the [[Latin]] for the Arabian Sea, because it was originally thought to be a large sea of liquid water. It was included in Percival Lowell's 1895 map of Mars.


==History==
==Human-Covenant War==
===Human-Covenant War===
{{Main|Battle of Mare Erythraeum}}
In late [[2552]], Mare Erythraeum was the site of the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum|a battle]] in which [[UNSC Army]] forces led by [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] fought ground forces from the [[Covenant]]'s [[Fleet of Furious Redemption]]. The UNSC forces were defeated, resulting in the loss of the UNSC's Mars garrison and a subsequent increase in Covenant force deployments on [[Earth]].<ref>'''Halo: Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3|Issue 3]]''</ref> Colonel Ackerson was taken prisoner and later interrogated by the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Shipmaster]] [[Lepidus]].<ref>'''Halo: Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref>
In [[2552]], it was the site of the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]], a battle where the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] commanded by [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] fought against the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Fleet of Furious Redemption]]. It is unknown whether the UNSC or Covenant won the battle, but James Ackerson of the [[UNSC Army]] was taken prisoner by the [[Brute]] forces<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/images/News/WeeklyUpdate/1Uprisingp8.jpg Bungie Weekly Update] '''[[Halo: Uprising]]'''</ref>.


==List of appearances==
==References==
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' {{1st}}
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*''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]'' {{mo}}


==Sources==
==Related Pages==
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*[[Sol System]]
 
*Mars
[[Category:Mars locations]]
**[[Katagalugan]]
***[[New Legaspi]]
***[[New Manila]]
**[[Argyre Planitia]]
*[[Human-Covenant War]]
*[[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]]
[[Category:Places]]
[[Category:Mars Locations]]

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