MOTYA  , an See also:

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

ancient Phoenician See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement in See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, on a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island [mod . S . Pantaleo], 5 M. See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of Lilybaeum [mod . See also:

• MARSALA

Marsala] . It was the centre of the Phoenician See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in Sicily . It was accessible from the mainland by a See also:

• MOLE
• MOLE, LOUIS MATHIEU, COMTE (1781—1855)
• MOLE, MATHIEU (1584—1656)

mole, which is still used as a track for wagons . The See also:

• LINE

line of the See also:

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

city See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall, of rough rectangular blocks of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone without See also:

• MORTAR

mortar, may still be traced all See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, with two See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates, one on the north towards the mole, which is still in See also:

• PART

part preserved, and one on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south . The date of its See also:

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

foundation is uncertain . In 398 B.C. it was taken after a desperate struggle (which, owing to the height and strength of the houses, continued even after a See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach had been made in the city wall) by See also:

• DIONYSIUS
• DIONYSIUS (c. 432–367 B.C.)

Dionysius of See also:

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

Syracuse, but recovered in the next See also:

• YEAR

year: it was, however, abandoned by the Carthaginians, and its See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place taken by Lilybaeum on the mainland . (T .