Roman Heritage Routes

Bele(g)ia/Veleia

Pleiades ID: 246232

settlement archaeological-site

Description

Bele(g)ia/Veleia (Iruña-Veleia) was a Roman town along the ab Asturica Burdigalam road.

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BAtlas 25 C3 Bele(g)ia/Veleia
Talbert, Richard J. A., ed. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43970336.

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TIR Caesaraugusta 238
Fatás Cabeza, Guillermo, Adela Cepas, José Ignacio Reguera Cardiel, and José Manuel Abascal Palazón. Tabula Imperii Romani : K30 Madrid : Caesaraugusta - Clunia : escala 1:1.000.000 : base geográfica, Instituto Geográfico Nacional. Tabula Imperii Romani, K30. Madrid. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura; Union académique internationale; Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Spain), 1993. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31397775.

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Wikipedia (English) Iruña-Veleia
Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit (2001-), Iruña-Veleia.

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Names

Creators & Contributors

H.S. Sivan S.J. Keay R.W. Mathisen DARMC R. Talbert Sean Gillies Johan Åhlfeldt Jeffrey Becker Tom Elliott

Citation Information

H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, and R.W. Mathisen. "Bele(g)ia/Veleia" Pleiades, 31 July 2024. https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246232.

Last modified: 2024-07-31T15:00:55Z

Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (PECS)

PECS Reference

VELEIA or Beleia (Iruña) Alava, Spain.

The Notitia Dignitatum, the Antonine Itinerary, and the Ravenna Cosmographer note this oppidum, 11 km from modern Vitoria. It forms a triangular area enclosed by walls, and had a native Iberian population, for which a Roman one was substituted on the occasion of the Cantabrian wars. The site flourished in the 2d c., from which the chief remains date; it was abandoned towards the 4th c., although its walls survived into the 5th. Finds include specimens of terra sigillata, column shafts and bases, and glass. The most outstanding remains are a torso armed with breastplate, now in the museum of Vitoria, and an unidentified female statue.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

G. Nieto Gallo, El oppidum de Iruiña (Alava) (1958).

J. ARCE

Iruña-Veleia

Ancient