a town of Sicily (Cicero); Amestratus (Stephanus); Ametra (Silius Italicus); Multistratus (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 razed (Diodorus Siculus).