Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Acium

​A′CIUM, a small town on the E. coast of Sicily, mentioned only in the Itinerary (Itin. Ant. p. 87), which places it on the high road from Catana to Tauromenium, at the distance of 9 M. P. from the former city. It evidently derived its name from the little river Acis, and is probably identical with the modern Aci Reale, a considerable town, about a mile from the sea, in the neighbourhood of which, on the road to Catania, are extensive remains of Roman Thermae. (Biscari, Viaggio in Sicilia, p. 22; Ortolani, Diz. Geogr. p. 9.)[ E. H. B. ]

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