Longanus

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The Longanus (also Longanos or Loitanus) was a river in north-eastern Sicily on the Mylaean plain. As recorded by Polybius, it was where the Mamertines were drastically defeated by Hiero II of Syracuse in around 269 BC.{{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}} The small settlement of Longane was near it. The river was considered so important that it was represented as a God in coins.{{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}} Some archeologists identify it with the river that arises in the valley of Fondachelli-Fantina town called Patrì or Fantina.{{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}}

File:Fiumara del Patrì, Siclia.JPG

File:Longane, Sicily.JPG at the British Museum is the only object known that Longanus has given back apart the coin]]

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