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sea-level in a commanding situation, 7 M. N. of the railway station of Catenanuova-Centuripe, which is 28 m. W. from Catania. Pop. (1901) 11,311. See also:

THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides mentions it as a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of the Sicels. It became an ally of the Athenians at the See also:

time of their expedition against See also:

Syracuse, and maintained its See also:

independence almost uninterruptedly (though it See also:

fell under the See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of See also:

AGATHOCLES (361—289 B.C.)

Agathocles) until the First Punic See also:

War. See also:

CICERO

Cicero describes it, perhaps with some exaggeration, as being far the largest and richest city of Sicily, and as having a See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of Io,000, engaged in the cultivation of an extensive territory. It was granted Latin rights before the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of Sicily. It appears to have suffered much in the war against Sextus Pompeius, and not to have regained its former prosperity under the See also:

EMPIRE

empire. See also:

Frederick II. entirely destroyed it in 1233, but it was soon rebuilt.

Considerable remains of the See also:

ancient city walls and of buildings, mostly of the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

period, still exist, and numerous antiquities, including some See also:

FINE

fine Hellenistic terra-cottas, have been discovered in casual excavations. See F. Ansaldi, I Monldmenti dell' antica Centuripi (Catania, 1851) ; P. Orsi in Atti del Congresso Internazionale di Scienze Storiche (See also:

Rome, 1904), v. 177. (T.

End of Article: CENTURIPE (formerly CENTORBI, anc. KepiOpal-a or Centuripae)

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