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172 pliky's nattjeal histoet. [Book III. peoples belonging to the Cantabri, Juliobriga^ is tbe only place worthy of mention ; and of the ten states of the An- trigones, Tritium and Yirovesca=^. The river Areva^ gives its name to the Arevaci ; of whom there are six towiis, Se- gontia" and Uxama^ names which are frequently given to other places, as also Segovia^ and Nova Augusta, Termes^, and Clunia itself, the frontier of Celtiberia. The remaining portion turns off towards the ocean, being occupied by the Yarduli, already mentioned, and the Cantabri. Next upon these touch the twenty-two nations of the Astures, who are divided into the Augustani^ and the Trans- montani, with the magnificent city of Asturica. Among these we have the Cigurri^ the Psesici, the Lancienses^", and the Zoelae". The total number of the free population amounts to 240,000 persons. The jurisdiction of Lucus^^ embraces, besides the Celtici and the Lebuni, sixteen different nations, but little known 1 This was the chief city of the Cantabri. It has been ah-eady men- tioned, but we may add that it stood near the som^ces of the Ebro, on the eminence of EetortUlo, south of Reynosa. Five stones still mark the boundaries which divided the territory from that of the Fourth Legio. 2 Supposed to be the present Briviesca; the site of Tritiimi does not appear to be known, but it has been suggested that it was near Najara, in the vicinity of Logrono. 3 It does not appear to be certain whether the Areva was the present Ucero, or the Arlanzon, which flows near Yalladohd. 4 The modern Siguenza. 5 Now El Burgo d'Osma, in the province of Soria. 6 This must not be mistaken for the modem Segovia, between Madrid and ValladoUd : it was a small town in the vicinity of Numantia. ' Probably the present Lerma, on the river Arlanza. 8 The people of Asturica Augusta, now Astorga, in the province of Leon, The ruins of this fine city are said still to give a perfect idea of a fortified Roman town. 9 Their chief city stood on the site of the present Cigarrosa, or San Estevan de Yal de Orres. Its ruins are still to be seen, and a Roman bridge, the people preserving a tradition that an old town once stood there called Guigurra. 10 The people of Lance or Lancia, probably the present Lollanco or MansiUa; though Oviedo has been suggested. This however may be the Ovetum mentioned by Pliny in B. xxxiv. c. 17. ^ " Mentioned by Pliny in B. xix. c. 2, as famous for then- flax. Their locahty near the coast does not appear to be exactly known. The Psesici previously mentioned were situate on the peninsula of Cabo de Penas. ^ Now the city of Lugo in GaUicia.