HISPANIA, Spain, otherwise called _Iberia_, from the river _Iberus_. It has the sea on every side except that next to _Gaul_, from which it is separated by the _Pyrenees_. During the time of the republic, the whole country was divided into two provinces, _Ulterior_ and _Citerior_, the _Farther_ and _Hither_ Spain. Augustus divided the Farther Spain into two provinces; _Bœtica_, and _Lusitania_. The Hither Spain he called _Tarraconensis_, and then Spain was formed into three provinces; _Bœtica_, under the management of the senate; and the other two reserved for officers appointed by the prince. HOSTILIA, a village on the Po: now _Ostiglia_, in the neighbourhood of Cremona. HYPÆPA, a small city in _Lydia_, now rased to the ground. HYRCANIA, a country of the Farther Asia, to the east of the Caspian Sea, with Media on the west, and Parthia on the south; famous for its tigers. There was a city of the same name in Lydia. I. IBERIA, an inland country of Asia, bounded by Mount Caucasus on the north, by Albania on the cast, by Colchis and part of Pontus on the west, and by Armenia on the south. Spain was also called Iberia, from the river Iberus; now the _Ebro_. IBERUS, a noble river of the Hither Spain; now the _Ebro_. ICENI, a people of Britain; now _Essex, Suffolk_, and _Norfolk_. ILIUM, another name for ancient Troy. A new city, nearer to the sea, was built after the famous siege of Troy, and made a Roman colony. But, as was said of the old city, _Etiam periere ruinæ_. ILLYRICUM, the country between Pannonia to the north, and the Adriatic to the south. It is now comprised by _Dalmatia_ and _Sclavonia_, under the respective dominion of the Venetians and the Turks. INSUBRIA, a country of Gallia Cisalpina; now the _Milanese_. INTEMELIUM. See ALBIUM INTEMELIUM. INTERAMNA, an ancient town of the Volsci in Latium, not far from the river Liris. It is now in ruins. IONIAN SEA, the sea that washes the western coast of Greece, opposite to the gulf of Venice. ISICHI, a people bordering on the Euxine, towards the east. ISTRIA, an island in the gulf of Venice, still retaining its ancient name. There was also a town of the same name near the mouth of the Ister, on the Euxine Sea. ITURÆA, a _Transjordan_ district of Palestine, now _Bacar_. J. JAPHA, a strong place, both by nature and art, in the Lower Galilee, not far from _Jotapata_; now _Saphet_. JAZYGES, a people of Sarmatia Europæa, situate on this side of the Palus Mæotis, near the territory of Maroboduus, the German king. JUGANTES, said by Camden to be the same as the _Brigantes_, but Brotier thinks it probable that they were a distinct, people. L. LACUS LEMANUS, now the _Lake of Geneva_. LANGOBARDI, a people of Germany, between the _Elbe_ and the _Oder_, in part of what is now called _Brandenburg_. LANUVIUM, a town of Latium, about sixteen miles from Rome; now _Civita Lavinia_.