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Assorinos

also: Assorines

Assorus, a small inland community of central Sicily on the river Chrysas, which the locals worshipped as a god in a shrine on the road to Henna. The Assorines successfully resisted Verres's attempted plunder of the sanctuary (Verr. 2.4.96).

Mentioned in 2 works (2 total)

Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book III speeches · 1 mention
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book IV speeches · 1 mention

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