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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 867 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HALUNTIUM (Gr. 'AXbvrwv, mod. S. Marco d'Alunzio)  , an See also:ancient See also:city of See also:Sicily, 6 m. from the See also:north See also:coast and 25 M . E.N.E. of See also:Halaesa . It was probably of Sicel origin, though its See also:foundation was ascribed to some of the companions of See also:Aeneas . It appears first in See also:Roman times as a See also:place of some importance, and suffered considerably at the hands of See also:Verres . The abandoned See also:church of S . See also:Mark, just outside the See also:modern See also:town, is built into the See also:cella of an ancient See also:Greek See also:temple, which See also:measures 62 ft. by 18 . A number of ancient See also:inscriptions have been found there .

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