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VELIA

VELIA (Οὐέλια, or Οὐέλεια, Ptol. 2.6.65), a town of the Caristi in Hispania Tarraconensis, on the road from Pompelo to Asturica (Itin. Ant. p. 454, where it is called Beleia). (Cf. Plin. Nat. 3.3. s. 4; Geogr. Rav. 4.45.) Variously identified with Viana, Bernedo, and Yruña.

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