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CAELIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 936 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAELIA  , the name of two

ancient cities in Italy . (r) In Apulia (mod . Ceglie di Bari) on the Via Traiana, 5 M . S. of Barium . Coins found here bearing the inscription Ka,Xiveev prove that it was once an
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independent
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town . Discoveries of ruins and tombs have also been made . (2) In
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Calabria (mod . Ceglie Messapica) 25 M . W. of Brundusium, and 991 ft. above sea-level . It was in early times a place of some importance, as is indicated by the remains of a prehistoric enceinte and by the
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discovery of several Messapian inscriptions . See Ch . Hiilsen in Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopadie, iii .

1252 .

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