formerly Asculum Apulum, a pretty large and populous town of Italy, in the marquisate of Ancona, and territory of the church. It is a bishop's see, and seated on a mountain, at the bottom of which runs the river Fronto. E. Long. 15. 20. N. Lat. 42. 27.

ASCOLI de Satriano, formerly Asculum Picenum, an episcopal city of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples; seated on a mountain. E. Long. 15. 5. N. Lat. 42. 8.