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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 578 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LICATA , a seaport of See also:

SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, in the See also:

province of See also:

GIRGENTI (anc. Agrigent'um, q.v.)

Girgenti, 24 M. S.E. of Girgenti See also:

DIRECT

direct and 54 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1901) 22,931• It occupies the site of the See also:

TOWN

town which Phintias of Acragas (See also:

AGRIGENTUM (Gr. 'Arcpayas, mod. Girgenti (q.v.))

Agrigentum) erected after the destruction of See also:

GELA

Gela, about 281 B.c., by the Mamertines, and named after himself. The See also:

RIVER

river Salso, which flows into the See also:

sea on the See also:

east of the town, is the See also:

ancient See also:

HIMERA

Himera Meridionalis. The promontory at the See also:

FOOT

foot of which the town is situated, the See also:

POGGIO (1380-1459)

Poggio di Sant' Angelo, is the Ecnomus (Eknomon) of the Greeks, and upon Its slopes are scanty traces of 'ancient structures and See also:

rock tombs. It was off this promontory that the See also:

Romans gained the famous See also:

NAVAL

naval victory over the Carthaginians in the See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 256 B.C., while the See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain to the See also:

north was the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the defeat of See also:

AGATHOCLES (361—289 B.C.)

Agathocles by Hamilcar in 310 B.C. The See also:

MODERN

modern town is mainly important as a See also:

SHIPPING

shipping See also:

PORT

port for See also:

SULPHUR

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