in Ancient Geography, the metropolis and royal residence, not far from the river Ampsaga, in the inland parts of Numidia Propria. A colony, surnamed Colonia Sittianorum, very rich, when in the hands of Syphax. The colony was led by one P. Sittius, under the auspices of Caesar, and was surnamed Julio. Now called Constantina, in Algiers. E. Long. 7. N. Lat. 35. 32.