Abacaenum was an ancient town of the Siculi in Sicily, West of Messana, South of Tyndaris. It had a mint. According to Thucydides (vi:2), before the arrival of Greek colonists, the Sicels (or Siculi) were one of the three tribes who inhabited Sicily: the Sicels (Greek Sikeloi) in eastern Sicily (as well as southern Italy), who spoke an Indo-European language, and the Sicani (Greek Sikanoi) and Elymi (Greek... Sicilian redirects here. ... Map of Italy showing Messina in the northeast point of Sicily Messina is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province of Messina. ... Lagune von Tindari Tindari is a small city in the Province of Messina in Sicily, between Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto and Cefalù. Tindari was founded as the Greek colony of Tyndaris in 396 BC, and was located on the high ground overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea in the Gulf of Patti. ... A mint is a facility which manufactures coins for currency. ...

Today, the village of Tripi stands on the site of ancient Abacaenum. Tripi is a town in the province of Messina (Sicily, Italy). ...

This article is based on the 1852 "A smaller classical dictionary"