a town of Sicily, (Cicero); Amestratus, (Stephanus); Anasitra (Silius Italicus); Mulistratus, (Polybius): Now Mistratta, in the Val di Demona, on the river Halefus. It was a very strong fort of the Carthaginians, besieged in vain by the Romans for seven months with considerable loss; at length, after another siege, taken and rased, (Diodor. Siculus).