Calentum

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

CALENTUM(prob. Cazallanear Alaniz), a town of Hispania Baetica, famous for its manutacture of a sort of tiles light enough to swim on water (Plin. Nat. 35.14. s. 49;Vitr. 2.3; comp. Strab. 13. p. 615; Schneider, ad Eclog. Phys. p. 88; Caro, Antig. 3.70). It is supposed to be the city of the Callenses Emanici, mentioned by Pliny (Plin. Nat. 3.1. s. 3).
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