ASCANIUS 1 Ascension. satrapies or principalities of the Philistines; situated on the Mediterranean, 43 miles to the south-west of Jerusalem, (Antonine), between Azotus to the north, and Gaza to the south. The birth-place of Herod the Great, thence furnished Ascalonita, (Stephanus). Famous for its scallions, which take name from this town, (Strabo, Pliny). Now Scalona. E. Long. 34. 30. Lat. 31. 30.