an inland town of Liguria, a colony (Ptolemy) on the river Tanarus; now Asti. E. Long. 8° 15', N. Lat. 44° 40'.

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