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ERVISSOS (Ancient city) SICILY
Erbessus or Herbessus (Erbessos, Pol., Steph. B., Ptol.; Herbessos,
Diod.; Herbessus, Liv., Cic., Plin.: Eth. Erbessinos, Philist. ap. Steph. B.,
Herbessensis). A town or fortress not far from Agrigentum, which was made use
of by the Romans during the siege of that city, B.C. 262, as a place of deposit
for their provisions and military stores. (Pol. i. 18.) At a later period of the
siege, Hanno the Carthaginian general made himself master of the place, and was
thus enabled to reduce the Romans to great difficulties by cutting off their supplies.
(Pol. 1. c.) But after the fall of Agrigentum the Carthaginians were no longer
able to maintain possession of Erbessus, which was abandoned by the inhabitants,
probably from fear of the Roman vengeance. (Diod. xxiii. 9. p. 503.) These are
the only notices which appear to refer to the town in question; it was probably
a place of inferior importance, and a mere dependency on Agrigentum. Its exact
site cannot be determined; but Fazello is probably right, in regard to its general
position, in placing it near the upper course of the Halycus.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited September 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
(Erbessos). A strongly fortified town of Sicily, northeast of Agrigentum, which the Romans made their principal place of arms in the siege of the last-mentioned city. It was soon after destroyed.
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