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and Detunda\ and the river Singulis^, wldch falls into the 

 Baetis on the same side. 



The towns in the jurisdiction of Hispalis are the following : 

 Celti, Arua^, Canama^, Evia, Ilipa^, surnamed Ilia, and Ita- 

 lica^. On the left of the river is the colony of Hispalis^ named 

 Eomuliensis, and, on thv^ opposite side^, the town of Osset", 

 surnamed Julia Constantia, Vergentum, or Juli Grenius^", 

 Orippo, Caura", Siarum, and the river Menoba^^, which 

 enters the Bsetis on its right bank. Between the sestuaries 

 of the Baetis lie the towns of Nebrissa^^, surnamed Veneria, 

 and of Colobona^"*. The colonies are, Asta^*, which is also 

 called Begia, and, more inland, that of Asido", surnamed 

 Cajsariana. 



The river Singulis, discharging itself into the Baetis at the 

 place already mentioned, washes the colony of Astigi^', sur- 

 present day it is noted for the pride of its nobles. The Great Captain 

 Qonzalo de Cordova used to say, that " other towns might be better to 

 live in, but there was none better to be bom in." It was the birth-place 

 of Lucan and the two Senecas. 



^ The site of these two places is unknown at the present day. 



2 Now called by the similar name of Gfenil or Xenil. 



3 Perhaps the present Alcolea. 



* Perhaps the Cantillana of the present day : there is, however, the 

 greatest uncertainty as to the sites of these places. 



^ According to Hardouiil, the modem city of Penaflor : D'Anville 

 places it about two leagues thence, and near the city of Lora. 



6 Now Sevilla la Vieja, or Old Seville ; called by the lower classes 

 Santi-pone. 



7 Now Seville. This colony was founded by JuHus Csesar, and also 

 bore the name of Julia Romula. * Or north side of the river. 



^ Probably on the site of the present Alcala del Rio. 



^^ ' The [good] genius of Juhus,' probably meaning Caesar. Nothing 

 seems to be known of its site. 



** Caura may be the present Coria, a town three leagues from Seville, 



^2 Probably the Rio Guadalete. 



^3 Either the present Sebrija, or in the vicinity of the city of San 

 Lucar. ^* Probably the present Bonania. 



^5 Probably between Trebujena and the city of Xeres. It was the 

 usual place of meeting for the people of the territory of Gades ; and its 

 importance may be judged from its appellation ' Regia ' or ' royal,' and its 

 numerous coins. Its ruins are still to be seen on a hill there. 



^^ It is not improbable that this was the present city of Xeres. Some 

 geographers however take it to be that of Medina Sidonia, and look 

 upon Xeres as the site of the ancient Asta. 



'7 Now Ecija. It stood on the plain of the Baetis, some distance south 

 of the river, on its tributary the Singulis or Xenil. 



