Vassallaggi (Caltanissetta Province) is a series of five low hills about 5 km from San Cataldo, where an ancient settlement was situated, most of which has been brought to light with the following results: First Bronze Age oven tombs in the side of the 2nd hill: chamber tombs in the 3rd, the town with its Hippodameic layout (first half of the 4th century BC); and signs of destruction and reconstruction, and of final decline at the end of 4th century BC.
Vassallaggi corresponds very likely to the ancient Motyon, mentioned by the diodorus in relation of the Sicel revolt led by Decetius.
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