A´CIUM
A´CIUM a small town on the E. coast of Sicily, mentioned only in the Itinerary (Itin. Ant. p 87), which places it on the high road from Catana to Tauromenium, at the distance of 9 M. P. from the former city.
It evidently derived its name from the little river Acis, and is probably identical with the modern
Act Reale, a considerable town, about a mile from the sea, in the neighbourhood of which, on the road to
Catania, are extensive remains of Roman Thermae. (Biscari,
Viaggio in Sicilia, p. 22; Ortolani,
Diz. Geogr. p. 9.)
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