Caelian

American  

[see-lee-uhn] / ˈsi li ən /

noun

1. the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.

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Caelian British  

/ ˈsiːlɪən /

noun

1. the southeasternmost of the Seven Hills of Rome

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Example Sentences

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Caelian

Caelian: When tour groups swarm down Via dei Fori Imperiali toward the Colosseum, I diverge.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2019

But inside the big military hospital on the Caelian Hill overlooking the Colosseum, a lone middle-aged woman moved with purpose.

From Time Magazine Archive

A week afterward he went to dine at a beautiful villa on the Caelian Hill, and, on arriving, dismissed his hired vehicle.

From Daisy Miller by Henry James

This was not indeed entirely so, for poor people no doubt lived on the Aventine, the Caelian, and parts of the Esquiline.

From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde Fowler

The first tribe was a Latin colony, and settled on the Palatine Hill; the second were Sabine settlers on the Quirinal; the third were Etruscans, who occupied the Caelian.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord

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