158 flint's IfATIJEAL HISTOET. [Book III. 



turns away from the Funeral Pile^ of Seipio ; then taking a 

 sweep to the left, it faUs into the Atlantic Ocean, giving its 

 name to this province : at its source it is but small, though 

 during its course it receives many other streams, which it de- 

 prives as well of their waters as their renown. It first enters 

 Baetica in Ossigita-nia^, and glides gently, with a smooth 

 current, past many towns situate on either side of its banks. 

 Between this river and the sea-shore the most celebrated 

 places inland are Segida^, also surnamed Augurina ; Julia^, 

 called Pidentia; Urgao^ or Alba, Ebora^ or Cerealis, IH- 

 berri^ or Liberini, Ilipula^ or Laus, Artigi^ or Julienses, 

 Vesci^^ or Eaventia, Singili", Attegua*^, Arialdunum, Agla 

 Minor", Bsebro", Castra Yinaria^*, Cisimbrium^®, Hippo 



^ This place is even now called by the inliabitants Sepulcro de Scipion. 

 Cneius Cornelius Seipio Calvus, after the defeat of his brother P. CJor- 

 nelius Seipio, in the year B.C. 211, by the forces of Asdrubal and Mago, 

 fled to a tower at this spot, which was set fire to by the troops of Asdrubal, 

 and he perished in the flames. 



2 So caUed jfrom the town of Ossigi afterwards mentioned. 



3 It is amknown where this place stood ; Medina Sidonia has been 



■* Probably the present Fuentes del Rey, between Andujar and Jaen, 

 according to Pinet. 



5 D'Anville suggests that this is the present Arjona ; but more pro- 

 bably it was the village of Arjomlla, two leagues south of Andujar. 

 Gruter has an inscription found here, " munic . albense ueganon." 



^ There were five cities of tliis name in Spain. Hardouin thinks that 

 this is the modem Alcala la Real, between Granada and Cordova. 



7 Most probably the modem Sierra de Elvira, though some writers 

 have suggested the city of Granada. 



8 Probably near the modem Montilla. Hardouin takes it to be the 

 present Granada. 



^ Poinsinet tliinks that this is the present Ecija, but other writers take 

 it to be Alhama, between Granada and Malaga. 



10 Perhaps the present Archidona. Some writers have suggested the 

 modem Faventia and Velez. 



" Probably near the present Puente de Don Gonzalo, on the banks of 

 the Rio Geml. 



12 Probably near AguUar on the river Cabra ; or else the present Teba, 

 between Osuna and Antequera. i3 _A.gla the Less. 



1^ Probably the present Cabra. The sites of the two preceding towns 

 are not known. 



15 « The Encampment in the Vineyards." Probably this was the same 

 as the Castra Postmniana mentioned by Hirtius in his Book on the Spa- 

 nish War as being four miles from Attegua. It appears to be the pre- 

 sent Castro, or Castro el Rio, situate on the banks of the river Guadajoz. 



1^ In some readings " Episibrium." Probably the present Espeja. 



