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 ASSA. m. p. «9S, liL p. SSe ; StqA. B. i. r.; am Ritter'i ■[(nktHiB OD tin nuriF, in coniMCtkai *rith the oipn of tbs nune of Aiu, Forhtfk. pp. 296, fol].). Tbcj mat ki bo llie Aslnricui of PtcJnnj (t. 9, s -y [p- s.] ASSA CAir» : EH. 'Asoiuit), i [oira of Chol- ridtn, is M■c«dl■1a^ on the Singitic gulf. (Hend. liL lai.) It ia jrdOti,]j th» um* tovn u the Am>A of Thcopompni (Stepb. B. t. v. 'Airnf^), and tbs Cusesa rf Plinj (i». 10), iti tenitorjr bmc (sllgd AnrKTTia ('Ao»upSr«) I17 Ajwtotle (0>iL .^m. iii. 13). Hen wu ■ rinr which ma atlrd the Yirxpit (rem iti coldims. (Aiiitot. L c.) Lake pbcn Ana at the hod of the Singidc gulf, at niK rnim (aDed PcUakattrtr, aboal midway, I7 land, benmn fnmi lod Fmwrf. (JVorCicrn Cnen.m.iii. p. 1S3.) ASSACATJI (Cnrt riii. 10. «. S8), ASSACEin <'A>nai|Hj, Anian, jliut. ir. 35, T. SO; 'Arrs- rwi, Stnb. IT. p, 69B ; hot Anian diitiiiguishca thv HUH Bi thosa af Kpaiats tribo, fnd 1., and Strabo diatii^iiubo his Aatactm from the subjects (^ AsueniB: if the diatinetko ba ml, it is noir impianUe lo dnir it dcEiiitflj), ooe of th« tHbea, and tifpKOiiiy tb« larj^t of them, whran Alexander OKamtered in Um dieliict of Che ParopuruMdie, ia the lalfral nllajs m the S. of the Paropamisni (Bimdoo KooA), betwecD the Copheti (Cuiul) aod tfa* Indiu ; and whom he snbdaed on his mardi nrta India, B.C. 327. The ntben vera the Abfabii aod GomAii, to irham Straho (I.e.) adds the Hasuxi and Ntsaki. The tBTJtay at the Assaceni appeaia to bare ha betmen tha Indtu and Cophen, at and about llieirJDDniin,aafuW. as the nilej of the Gtuaena {Pm^bort). Their chief oitiea wera UxsaACA or Maaea, their capita], and Pedcei^ (Arriaa. /nd. I. $ 8), heaidea the fortmaea of Oba, Bezika, Aonca, OaoBATia, Ehboluu, and Dtrta. At the titne of Aluaodei'i invaaiaD, thej wen goremed hf a prioce whom the Greeks called bj the name of hia tribe, Aa>aceoiu (like Taiilea, the king rf Taiila), or tij hi* mcitbec Cloophia (Cut.). Her bnoght into the QeM an amij of 30,000 bat, 10,000 hone, and 30 eltpbiitls ; bnt this fone neuand their nnmben and neallh, lather than (bat real stren^. Thej wera the leait haid; and emngtoOM of all the monntaineen of N. India, and had tbfdj been the nbjecta rf the aaccenJTO Aflalir onpiiee, AaeyriaA, Median, and Feraiin, brfcae tbej woe lubdued b^ Aleiander. Some modeni acholan think that the Affghatu fnttm the name. [P. S,] ASSEtKINES. [IsuDoma.] t — AfiSEKA. [Am*.] ASSE'SDS ^Amniai, : Ztt. 'Affiflitrwi), a town btheKnTter^of HilelDi (Herod, i. 19, !2; Sleph. B. a r. 'Aanfit), with a temple rf Aihena, which ■■ deatmrad by fire in a war between tho Milesians aad Aljattea, kmg rf Ljdia. Tbe king, following tha adrica rf the Pjthia, built two lempla at As- aOMB, in place rf that which was destn^ed. [G. L.] ASSO'BUS ('Aavapof, and 'hairdpar, Sleph. B.; 'AsiriHni, Ptol.: £(*. 'Air(»>|iu>oi, Asaorinus; Atan a Aj rf the mterior rf Sicil;, utualfd abaBt half waf between Agjriun and Enna. It waa a (itj rf (he Scab', and appears never to have reecind a Cindc aHmf. In B. c 396 it is men- tKBxd by Diodonta as the (a:il7 Sicolian town which i Guthrhl to Dimjiiiis rf S the great Carthaginian expedition nnd ASSUS. M3 Hlnutco. In consequence, we find Dionjnns, after the defeat rf the CarthaginiBni, coadndkg a treatj rf alliance with the Asaorini, and leaving them in poeKsiuoo rf their independence. (Diod. liv. S8, TB.) At this lime it would Kern to bare been a plaa rf some hnportance; but no cubseiinent mention rf it oeenn until the daji rf Cicero, in whose time it appears to hare been bnt a amall town, though retaining its mnnieipal independence, and poaaejamg a territorj fertile in com. It snf- feied sorerelj, in common with the neighbouring towns, liom tJie eiactiona rf Verrea. (Cic. ia Verr. iii. IS, i3, iv. 44.) We learn ftvm Pliny and Plolemj, that it contiiraed lo eust tinder the Koman empre (Plin. iii. S. s. M; Fb>L iii. 4. g 13), and the modem town of Asiitf> nndoubtcdly ocoupioa the site, as well aa retains, with little alteration, the name of Assorua. Accorrling to Faullo, the remains of the ancient walla, nnd one rf the gates, were still visible in his time. It was situated on a loftj hill, at the foot rf which flowed the river ChrTsaa (now called tha DUtaao), the tulelarj ddty rf which waa worshipped with peculiar re- verence bj the Aasorini, and inhabitants rf the neighbonring dtiea. Hia tamj^ was aituated, as the town, on ths md (o Enna; and so sacred was it deemed, that even Vcrres did not venture openly to violate it, but bis emissaries mads an nnsuceeaa^ (ill attempt lo cany off the statne rf the deity In tha night. (Cio. Verr. iv. 44.) Faiello asserts that considerable remains rf this temple weio still extant in his day; hut the description he givfa of them would laA na lo suppose that they must bare belonged lo an ancient edifice rf a diScrent diss. (Faiell. dt Jtib. Sic. x. S. p. 440.) Tbe coins rf Assoms bear on the revene a stand- ing figure, with the name annexed rf Chrysas. They are found only of copper, and are evidently rf late date, from the fact that tbo blends are in [E.H.B.} §4: Zon/cw, Ro.). a condderable inland ity rf the Roman provinw Africa, in the N. rf Byzactna, near the Bagradas and the confines rf Kamidia. 12 M. P. norih rf Tnccs Terebinthina, nnd 20 M. P. south rf Mnsti. Il wss the italion garrison. It is identified by inscrip- rhich, on a gate or tnnmphal :irch, de- dicates the edifice to the emperor Septunins Severaa, by the title divtu opWmtu Sfvervi, and to h'ls wife Jyliti iTorann, who is styled maltr Avguati, whicti files the data rf the inscription lo the reipn of Caracalla. There are other considerable mini, among which are a small temple with Corinthian pilasters, and a theatre, the latter ontside the walla. (Barth, Waadenmgen, fe., pp. 229, 230). [P. S.] ASSUS ('Amuj EUt. 'Aairiai and 'Mratit : » im), a city o fMytia, on jhe gnlf rf Adramyttiani, f/n:.-i-Wc-:'i, ■: z^;/''"*' ...■
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