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

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

Particularly along the upper slopes of the hills—of the Pincian, Quirinal, Esquiline, Caelian, and Aventine—were the spacious houses and gardens of the wealthy.

From Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)

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 Lord, John

The depression between the Caelian and Esquiline hills contains the Flavian Amphitheater, better known as the Colosseum.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton