CELEIA
CELEIA or
CALEIA (
Κέλεια), an important city in the south-eastern corner of Noricum (
Ptol. 2.14.3;
Plin. Nat. 3.27).
In some inscriptions it is called a Roman colony by the name of Caleia Claudia (Orelli,
Inscript. n. 501), and in others a municipium (Orelli,
l.c. n. 3020). During the middle ages Celeia was the chief town of a Slavonian district called Zellia (Paul. Diac. 4.40); and it still bears the name of
Cilly, and is rich in ancient architectural remains. (Comp. Itin. Anton. p. 129; Itin. Hieros. p. 560; Muchar,
Noricum, vol. i. p. 161.)
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