AUGUSTA  , a seaport of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• SYRACUSE
• SYRACUSE (Gr. Mvpaaovoat; Lat. Syracusae, Ital. Siracusa)

Syracuse, See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, 19 m . N. of it by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1901) 16,402 . It occupies a See also:

• PART

part of the former See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula of Xiphonia, now a small See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, connected with the mainland by a See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge . It was founded by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick II. in 1232, and almost entirely destroyed by an See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake in 1693, after which it was rebuilt . The See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle is now a large See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison . The fortified See also:

• PORT

port, though unfrequented except as a See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of See also:

• REFUGE

refuge, is a very See also:

• FINE

fine one . There are considerable saltworks at Augusta . To the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Molinello; 1a m. from its mouth, Sicel tombs and See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian catacombs, and farther up the See also:

• RIVER

river a See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave See also:

• VILLAGE

village of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages, have been explored (Notizie degli Scavi, 1902, 411, 631 ; Romische Quartalschrift, 1902, 205) . Whether there was ever a See also:

• TOWN

town bearing the name Xiphonia is doubted by E . A .

See also:

• FREEMAN
• FREEMAN, EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1823-1892)

Freeman (Hilt. of Sic. i . 583); cf., however, E . Pais, Atakta (See also:

• PISA
• PISA, COUNCIL OF (1409)

Pisa, 1891), 55, who attributes its See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation, under the name of Tauromenion (which it soon lost), to the Zancleans of See also:

• HYBLA

Hybla (afterwards See also:

• MEGARA

Megara Hyblaea) . (T .