See also:

• CENTURIPE (formerly CENTORBI, anc. KepiOpal-a or Centuripae)

CENTURIPE (formerly CENTORBI, anc. KepiOpal-a or Centuripae)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, in the See also:

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

province of See also:

• CATANIA (Gr. Katane, Rom. Catinal)

Catania, situated 2380 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level in a commanding situation, 7 M . N. of the railway station of Catenanuova-See also:

• CENTURIPE (formerly CENTORBI, anc. KepiOpal-a or Centuripae)

Centuripe, which is 28 m . W. from Catania . Pop . (1901) 11,311 . See also:

• THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides mentions it as a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of the Sicels . It became an ally of the Athenians at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of their expedition against See also:

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

Syracuse, and maintained its See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence almost uninterruptedly (though it See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell under the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of See also:

• AGATHOCLES (361—289 B.C.)

Agathocles) until the First Punic See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War . See also:

• CICERO

Cicero describes it, perhaps with some exaggeration, as being far the largest and richest city of Sicily, and as having a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of Io,000, engaged in the cultivation of an extensive territory . It was granted Latin rights before the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of Sicily . It appears to have suffered much in the war against Sextus Pompeius, and not to have regained its former prosperity under the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . 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. entirely destroyed it in 1233, but it was soon rebuilt . Considerable remains of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient city walls and of buildings, mostly of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, still exist, and numerous antiquities, including some See also:

• FINE

fine Hellenistic terra-cottas, have been discovered in casual excavations .

See F . Ansaldi, I Monldmenti dell' antica Centuripi (Catania, 1851) ; P . Orsi in Atti del Congresso Internazionale di Scienze Storiche (See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, 1904), v . 177 . (T .