In Hispalis the road joined the branch of the Via Augusta which started in Acci (also Accitum) and veered inland to Corduba, Astigi (Écija), and Carmo. This was the main layout of the Roman road system in Hispania; together with the network of localised roads, they covered about . Milestones indicate the roads laid out by Augustus from Bracara to Asturica through Lucus Augusti, from Caesaraugusta to Juliobriga (Reinosa), from Emerita (Mérida) to Hispalis (Seville), penetrating the rich mining district of the Montes Mariani, and from Carthago Nova to Castulo (Cazorla), another mining region. There was a road built by him from Ilerda to Caesaraugusta, crossing the Ebro by a wooden bridge according to Strabo, and apparently one from Aesuris to Pax Julia, up the course of the river Anas. Augustus had surrounded Hispania with a great circle of roads, with one or two branches reaching inland. In contrast to Gaul, where Agrippa had laid out four or five roads radiating from a central hub, here there was the perimeter of a wheel, so to speak, and it was the task of succeeding emperors to fill in the spokes and build more direct cross-country routes. The Via Augusta was originally a via militaris, i.e., a military road built by legionaries of the Roman army; these units constructed a substantial part of the road network, especially at the beginning of the empire. These roads remained strategically important, but their main purpose was for general communications, as shown by an inscription on a fragmentary milestone found near Corduba (Córdoba). Here, in the year 90, Domitian ordered the restoration of the Via Augusta, which had fallen into disrepair. This section of the road was designated a via miltaris, according to the inscription: In English: Cities through which the Via Augusta passed Gades (Cádiz) Ad Portus (El Puerto de Santa María) Asta Regia (Jerez de la Frontera (Mesas de Asta)) Ugia (Torre Alocaz), Utrera Orippo (Dos Hermanas) Hispalis (Seville) Carmona (Carmona) Obucla u Obúlcula Fuentes de Andalucía (La Monclova)) Colonia Augusta Firma Astigi (Écija) Adaras (La Carlota) Corduba (Córdoba) Iliturgi (Mengíbar, where it crossed the Betis River on the Bridge of Andújar (Guadalquivir) Isturgi (Andújar) Castulo (Linares) Mentesa Oretana (Villanueva de la Fuente) Saltigi (Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón) Libisosa (Lezuza) Ad Ello (Elda) Carthago Nova (Cartagena) Eliocroca (Lorca) Sucro (Albalat de la Ribera) Saetabis (Xàtiva) Valentia (Valencia) Saguntum (Sagunt) Intybilis (La Jana) Dertosa (Tortosa) Tarraco