Velia/Elea

settlement · 750 BC – 2099 AD

The ancient city of Elea / Velia was said to have been founded by Phocaean Greeks in the sixth century B.C. and then became an ally of Rome in the third century B.C.

Coordinates

40.16050, 15.15616

Also known as

Bellias, Castellammare di Velia (it), Castellammare di Velia (it), Elea (grc), Hyele (grc), Velia (la), Ἐλέα (grc), Ὑέλη (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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