 Solinus erroneously ascribes this quality to the northern Himera; while Vitruvius rightly attributes it to the southern river only.According to Diodorus Siculus after a series of conflicts between the Siculi and the Sicani in prehistoric times, the River Salso was made the boundary between their respective territories, the Siculi dwelling to its east, the Sicani to its west.In 446 BCE, the Agrigentines were defeated by the Syracusans at the river.