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Encyclopedia Britannica



LICATA

This article appears in Volume V16, Page 578 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LEO-LOB
LICATA , a seaport of Sicily, in the province of Girgenti, 24 M. S.E. of Girgenti direct and 54 M. by
rail
 . Pop. (1901) 22,931 It occupies the site of the town which Phintias of Acragas (Agrigentum) erected after the destruction of
Gela
 , about 281 B.c., by the Mamertines, and named after himself. The river Salso, which flows into the sea on the
east
  of the town, is the ancient Himera Meridionalis. The promontory at the foot of which the town is situated, the Poggio di Sant' Angelo, is the Ecnomus (Eknomon) of the Greeks, and upon Its slopes are scanty traces of 'ancient structures and
rock
  tombs. It was off this promontory that the Romans gained the famous naval victory over the Carthaginians in the
spring
  of 256 B.C., while the plain to the north was the
scene
  of the defeat of Agathocles by Hamilcar in 310 B.C. The
modern
  town is mainly important as a shipping port for
sulphur
 .


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