Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . Eutrop. vi. 8; 33; Arrian, Perip. Eux. p. 24 ; Geog. Rav. iv. 6 ;Lycoph. 74 ; Ptol. iii. 10. § 8; Scymn. Fragm. 22 ;Steph. B. s. V.; Amm. Marc. xxii. 8; Hierocl. p. 637.)But the frequent mention of the place shows that itmust have been a commercial town of some import-ance ; of its history, however, nothing is modern writers have identified it with Kiu-stenza or Kostendtije, the ancient Constantiana, ITALIA. which, however, was in all probability situated tothe south of Istropolis. [L. S.] ISTRUS {larpos), a Cretan town which Arte-
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . Eutrop. vi. 8; 33; Arrian, Perip. Eux. p. 24 ; Geog. Rav. iv. 6 ;Lycoph. 74 ; Ptol. iii. 10. § 8; Scymn. Fragm. 22 ;Steph. B. s. V.; Amm. Marc. xxii. 8; Hierocl. p. 637.)But the frequent mention of the place shows that itmust have been a commercial town of some import-ance ; of its history, however, nothing is modern writers have identified it with Kiu-stenza or Kostendtije, the ancient Constantiana, ITALIA. which, however, was in all probability situated tothe south of Istropolis. [L. S.] ISTRUS {larpos), a Cretan town which Arte-midorus also called Istkona. (Steph. B. s. w.) Thelatter form of the name is found in an inscription(op. Chishull, Antiq. Asiat. p. 110). The site isplaced near Minoa: Among the ruined edifices andcolumns of this ancient city are two immense marbleblocks, half buried in the earth, and measuring 54by 15 feet. (Cornelius, Greta Sacra, vol. i. p. 11;ap. Mils. Class. Antiq. vol. ii. p. 273; comp. Hock,Kreta, vol. i. pp. 17, 421.) [E. B. J.]. COIN OF ISTRUS. ISTURGI (Andvjar la Vieja), a city of His-pania Baetica, in the neighbourhood of Illiturois.(Inscr. ap. Florez, £sp. S. vol. vii. p. 137.) TheIpasturgi Triumphale of Pliny (iii. 1. s. 3) isprobably the same place. (Ukert, vol. ii. pt. 1. ,381.) [f-S.]- ISUBRIGANTUM. [Isurium.] ISURIUM, in Britain, first mentioned by Pto-lemy (ii. 3. § 16) as a town of the Brigantes. Itthen occurs in two of the Itineraries, the 1st and2nd. In each, it lies between Cataractonium andEboracum {Catterick Bridge and YorV). Isubri-gantum, in the 5th Itinerary, does the same. In the time of the Saxons Isurium had alreadytaken the name of Eald-hurg {Old Towii), out otwhich has come the present name Aldborougk, nearBoroughbridge, with which it is undoubtedly identi-fied. Roman remains, both within and without the walls,are abundant and considerable at Aldhoroiigh ; theStodhart (or Studforth), the Red Hill, and theBorough Hill, being the chief loc
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