place
Mons Caelius
the Caelian
also: the Caelian Hill
One of the seven hills of Rome, anciently called Querquetulanus for its oak-wood and renamed for the Etruscan Caeles Vibenna; ravaged by fire in AD 27.
Reading notes
- The Annals §4.64 Caelian hill
One of Rome's seven hills, anciently the Querquetulanus, devastated by the fire of AD 27; men proposed renaming it the Augustan.