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The '''Longanus''' (also '''Longanos''' or '''Loitanus''') was a [[river]] in north-eastern [[Sicily]] on the [[Mylae|Mylaean plain]]. As recorded by [[Polybius]], it was where the [[Mamertines]] were drastically defeated by [[Hiero II of Syracuse]] in around 269 BC.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Polybius |title=''History'', 1.9.7 |url=http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.9 |website=Perseus |access-date=2 July 2020 |ref=1.9.7}}</ref> The small settlement of [[Longane]] was near it. The river was considered so important that it was represented as a God in coins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timelineauctions.com/lot/longane-longanos-litra/58407/|title=Ancient Greek Coins - Longane - Longanos Litra - Lot No. 2123|website=Timelineauctions.com|access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref> Some archeologists identify it with the river that arises in the valley of [[Fondachelli-Fantina]] town called ''Patrì''  or Fantina.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/10867669|title=A.L. Palazzo, Some Observations on the Road Network through the Peloritani Region, North, East Sicily, BAR Int. Ser. 2695 (1), 2015|first=Anna Lisa|last=Palazzo|access-date=6 December 2021|website=Academia.edu}}</ref>
[[File:Fiumara del Patrì, Siclia.JPG|thumb|The huge bed of the Patrì river is a reason it is considered the true Longanus River{{clarify|date=October 2018}}]]
[[File:Longane, Sicily.JPG|thumb|upright=0.6|This bronze [[kerykeion]] at the [[British Museum]] is the only object known that Longanus has given back apart the coin]]

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[[Category:Rivers of Italy]]
[[Category:Rivers of Sicily]]
[[Category:Former rivers]]


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