a town of Sicily (Cicero); Amebratus (Stephanus); Amalfra (Silius Italicus); Mulibratus (Polybius): Now Molfretta, in the Val di Demona, on the river Halefus. It was a very strong fort of the Carthaginians, befellged in vain by the Romans for seven months with considerable loss; at length, after another siege, taken and razed (Diodorus Siculus).