Note 13 — PART II. (continued 2)
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No other town is so placed as to accord with the description given by Pliny, who passes it on the right bank of the river, and arrives at Seville lower down on the left: "Italica et a lævâ Hispalis colonia cognomine Romulensis."
Lucas de Tuy, who wrote four centuries back, says, "Italica est Hispalis Antigua."