Ilipa
Place
Alexandrian War 57 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “Meanwhile L. Titius brought tidings of the native legion, in which he had been at the time a military tribune: his report ran that while it was encamped near the town of Ilipa a mutiny had broken out, and several centurions who had refused to let them strike camp had been killed the legion had then parted company with the Thirtieth legion—this was also …”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Alexandrian War 57
Pseudo-Caesar; authorship disputed
Meanwhile L. Titius brought tidings of the native legion, in which he had been at the time a military tribune: his report ran that while it was encamped near the town of Ilipa a mutiny had broken out, and several centurions who had refused to let them strike camp had been killed the legion had then parted company with the Thirtieth legion—this was also under command of Q. Cassius, the governor’s deputy—and made haste to join the Second legion, which was being taken to the straits by another route. …
Geographical record
Pleiades representative point · precise
Ilipa Magna was located on the right bank of the Baetis river. It is now the modern Alcalá del Río. In antiquity it was notable for silver mines located nearby.
Pleiades 256222 · CC BY 3.0 · Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 26 E4 Ilipa Magna