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Chap. 3.] Nova or New Hippo, Ilurco , Osca , Escua , Sucubo , Nuditanum, Old Tuati ; all which towns are in that part of Bastitania which extends towards the sea, but in the jurisdiction of Corduba. In the neighbourhood of the river itself is Ossigi, also surnamed Laconicum, Iliturgi or Forum Julium, Ipasturgi or Triumphale, Setia, and, fourteen miles inland, Obulco , which is also called Pontificense.

Next to these comes Epora, a federate town, Sacili Martialium, and Onoba. On the right bank is Corduba, a Roman colony, surnamed Patricia, here the Bætis first becomes navigable. There are also the towns of Carbula