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 URGO. UEGO. [GORGONA.] UEIA. [Hyrium.] U'RIA LACUS. [Aetolia, p. 64, a.] URIAS SINUS. [Apulia.] URISIUil {It. Eier. p. 569), a town in Thrace, on the road between Tarpodizus and Bergule : ac- cordins; to Reichard it corresponds to the modern Alphili or AlpuU ; but according to Lapie, to Kirk- KiUssia. [J. E.] URIUM (Ovpiov. Ptol. ii. 4. § 12). 1. A town in Hispania Baetica, on the borders of Lusitania; according to Reichard, now Torre del Oro. 2. A river in Hispania Baetica, between the Baetis and the Anas, which entered the sea near the town just named. (Plin. iii. 1. s. 3.) Now the Tinto. [T. H. D.] URPANUS. a small river of Pannonia, a tributary of the Savus, is now called the Verhasz. (Plin. iii. 28 ; Tab. Peut., where it is called Urbas.) [L. S.J URSI PROJIONTORIUM. [Sardinia.] URSO (Ou^fTcoy, Strab. iii. p. 141), a strong mountain town in Hispania Baetica, the last refuge of the Pompeians. It was a Roman colony, with the surname of Genua Urbanorum, and was under the jurisdiction of Astigi. (Plin. iii. 1. s 3; Hirt. B. H. 26, 41, 65; Appian, B. H. 16.) It is the modern Osuna, where some inscriptions and ruins have been iband. (Cf. Muratori, p. 1095; Florez, Esp. Sagr.x. p. 77.) For coins cf Urso, see Florez, Med. ii. p. 624, iii. p. 130 ; Mionnet, i. p. 28, Suppl. i. p. 47; Sestini, p. 94. [T. H. D.J USIPETES. 1327 COIN OF URSO. URSOLAE or URSOLI, a place in Gallia Nar- bonensis, fixed by the Antonine Itin. on the road between Yalentia ( Valence^ and Vienna ( Vienne), xsii. from Valentia, and xkyi. from Vienna. This agrees pretty well with the whole distance between Valeiice and Vienne. There are no means of de- termining the site of Ursoli except the distances ; and D'Anville fixes on S. Valier, a place on the right bank of the Galaiire near the place where it enters the Rhone. [G. L.J URUNCI, a place in Gallia between the Vosges and the Rhine. It occurs twice in the Antonine Itin., and in both cases the road from Urunci runs to Mons Brisiacus. [JIons Brislvcus.J In one route it is placed between Larga {Larrjitzen) and Mons Brisiacus, xviii. from Larga, and xsiiii. from Brisiacus. This route is from south to north-east. The other route is from Arialbinnum, supposed to be Binning near Basle, to Mons Brisiacus, from south to north, and Urunci is sxiii. M. P. or 15 leugae from Mons Brisiacus. D'Anville supposes that Urunci may be a place named Rucsen or Ricsen, on the line of the road from Larga to Mons Bri- siacus or Breisach. [G. L.J USAR.the most easterlyriverof JIauretania. (Plin. V. 2. s. 1.) It seems to be the river called 'S,i(Tap by Ptolemy (iv. 2. § 10), and is probably the AjMij, which falls into the gulf of Bugie. [T. H. D.J USARGALA (OvadpyaXa, Ptol. iv. 6. § 7, &c.), a very extensive mountain chain in the coun- try of the Garamantae on the N. border of Li- bya Interior, and S. of Nuniidia and Mauretania, stretching in a NW. direction as far as Atlas. It is in this mountain that the river Bagradas has its source. " [T. H. D.J U'SBIUM (Ov(T€tov), a town mentioned by Pto- lemy (ii. 11. § 30) in the south-east of Gerniania, probably in the territory of the Marcomanni, seems to be identical with the modern Ispern, on a rivulet of the same name. [L. S.J US'CANA, the chief town of the Penestae, a peo- ple of Illyricum, which contained 10.001 inhabitants at the time of the Roman war with Perseus. At the commencement of this war it appears to have been in the hands of Perseus, and the first attempt of the Roman commander, App. Claudius, to obtain pos- session of the place proved unsuccessful, B.C. 170. (Liv. xliii. 1 0.) It would seem, however, to have tjeen afterwards taken by the Romans, since we read that Perseus in the following year surprised Uscana, marching thither in three days from Stubera. (Liv. xliii. 17, 18.) Shortly afterwards L. Coelius, the Roman commander in Illyricum, made an unsuccessful attack upon Uscana. (16. 21.) The site of this town is uncertain. U'SGENUM (Ov(TKevQV, or Oea-Kaivou, Ptol. iii. 7. § 2), a town of the Jazyges Metanastae. [T.H.D.] USCUDAMA, a town belonging to the Bessi, near Mount Haemus, which M. Luculhis took by assault. (Eutr. vi. 10.) [J. R.J USELLIS (OvaeWis, Ptol.: UseUus'), a. city of Sardinia, situated in the interior of the island, about 16 miles from the Gulf of Oristano on the W. coast, and the same distance S. of Forum Trajani. Its name is not found in the Itineraries, and the only author who mentions it is Ptolemy (iii. 3. § 2), who erroneously places it on the W. coast of the island : but the existing ruins, together with the name of Usellus, still borne by a village on the site, leave no doubt of its true situation. It is about 3 miles NE. of the modern town of Ales. Ptolemy styles it a colonia, and this is confirmed by an inscription in which it bears the title of " Colonia Julia Augusta." It would hence appear probable that the colony must have been founded under Augustus, though Pliny tells us distinctly that Turris Libyssonis was the only colony existing in Sardinia in his time. (De la Marmora, Voi/. en Sardaigne, vol. ii. pp. 367, 466.) [E- II. B.J USILLA (Ot<n'Aa, Ptol. iv. 3. § 10), a place in Bvzacium in Africa Proper. It is the Usula of the itin. Ant. (p. 59), lying between Thysdrus and Thenae. Variously identified with Inchilla or Sidi Mukelotif. and Inshillah. [ T. H. D.J USI'PETES or USI'PI {OvalTrirai, OtcrnTai), a German tribe, mostly mentioned in conjunction with the Tencteri, with whom they for a long time shared the same fate, until in the end, having crossed the lower Rhine, they were treacherously attacked and defeated by Julius Caesar. (Caes. B. G. iv. 4, &c. ; Appian, de Reh. Gall. 18; comp. Tknctkki.) After this calamity, the Usipetes returned across the Rhine, and were received by the Sigaml)ri, who as- signed to them the district on the northern bank of the Luppia, which had previously been inhabited by the Chamavi and Tubantes, and in which we hence- forth find the Usipetes as late as the time of T.icitus, {Ann. xiii. 55, Hist. iv. 37, 6^enra. 32; Dion Cass. liv. 32, foil.) Afterwards the Usipetes are met with