COELE´TAE
COELE´TAE a Thracian people, divided into
majores and
minores, the former of whom dwelt at the foot of Mount Haemus, and the latter about Mount Rhodope. (
Plin. Nat. 4.18;
Liv. 38.40;
Tac. Ann. 3.38.) The district which they inhabited was called
Coeletica. [
L.S]