an inland town of Liguria, a colony, (Ptolemy); on the river Tanarus: now Asti. E. Long. 8.15. Lat. 44. 40.

ASTA Regia, a town of Bética, (Pliny); situated at that mouth of the Batis, which was choked up with mud, to the north of Cadiz; 16 miles distant from the port of Cadiz, (Antonine). Its ruins shew its former greatness. Its name is Phoenician, denoting a gulf, or arm of the sea, on which it stood. It is said to be the same with Xera; which see.