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AGYRION (Ancient city) SICILY
Ameselum (to Ameselon) a town of Sicily, mentioned only by Diodorus (xxii. Exc.
Hoesch. p.499), from whom we learn that it was situated between Centuripi and
Agyrium, in a position of great natural strength. It was taken, in B.C. 269, by
Hieron king of Syracuse, who destroyed the city and fortress, and divided its
territory between its two neighbours the Centuripini and Agyrians. Its exact site
is unknown.
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