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AEGADIAN ISLANDS (Ital. Isole Egati; anc. Aegates Insulae) , a See also:

group of small mountainous islands off the western See also:coast of See also:Sicily, chiefly remarkable as the See also:scene of the defeat of the Carthaginian See also:fleet by C. Lutatius See also:Catulus in 241 B.C., which ended the First Punic See also:War. Favignana (Aegusa), the largest, pop. (1901) 6414, lies 10 m. S.W. of See also:Trapani; Levanzo (Phorbantia) 8 m. W.; while Maritimo, the See also:ancient leper vi See also:ros, 15 m. W. of Trapani, is now reckoned as a See also:part of the group. They belonged to the Pallavicini See also:family of See also:Genoa until 1874, when they were bought by Signor See also:Florio of See also:Palermo.

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