SAGU´NTIA
SAGU´NTIA
1.
(
Σαγαυντία, Ptol. 2.4.13), a town in the SW. part of Hispania Baetica. (
Liv. 34.12;
Plin. Nat. 3.1. s. 3.) Now
Xigonza or
Gigonza, NW. from
Medina Sidonia, where there are many ruins. (Morales,
Antig. p. 87; Florez,
Esp. Sagr. x. p. 47.)
2.
A town of the Arevaci, in Hispania Tarraconensis, SW. from Bilbilis.
It was in the jurisdiction of Clunia, on the road from Emerita to Caesaraugusta, and was the scene of a battle between Sertorius and Metellus. (
Plut. Sert. 21;
App. BC 1.110.)
The name is written Segontia in the
Itin. Ant. pp. 436 and 438. and in the Geog. Rav. 4.43; but must not be confounded with that of a town of the Celtiberi. Now
Siguenza on the
Henarez. (Florez,
Esp. Sagr. viii. p. 18; Morales,
Antig. p. 87.) [
T.H.D]