Assorus
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Assorus is the name of at least two settlements in the ancient world:
- Assorus, a Babylonian city.
- Assorus, SicilyAssorus, SicilyThe Sicel city the Romans called Assorus is the modern Assoro in the province of Enna, Sicily. Assorus was an inland town, midway between Enna and Agyrium. It long resisted Hellenization, and retained its traditional Sicel character....
, a city of the Sikels in SicilySicilySicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
which later became Hellenised as Assoros.