Veleia, an ancient Ligurian city, whose ruins, 20 miles S. of Piacenza, were uncovered in 1760-65, and yielded many Roman antiquities, including tablets with inscriptions, coins, &c. The place seems to have been overwhelmed by a landslide about 280 A.D.
Veleia
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 446
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