Castra Caecilia
CASTRA CAECI´LIA(Caceres), a town of Lusitania, in Spain, on the high road from Emerita to Caesaraugusta, 46 M. P. from the former, and 20 M. P. from Turmuli ( Alconeta) on the Tagus. ( Itin. Ant. p. 433.) It belonged to the conventus of Emerita, and formed one community with Norba Caesarea (Plin. Nat. 4.22. s. 35, contribute in Norbam). It is generally supposed to be identical with the Caecilia Gemellinum of Ptolemy (Ptol. 2.5.8, Καικιλία Γεμέλλινον ἢ Μετέλλινα : Bivar. ad Dextri Chron. p. 179, ap. Wesseling. ad Itin. l. c. ).
[P.S]About 2.5 km NE of Cáceres, on the Roman road from Emerita to Asturica. It was established by Caecilius Metellus Pius in 79 B.C. It lost its military character but survived for a few centuries as a mere village. Nearby are the remains of houses and cemeteries. The vallum is 654 m long and 402 m wide.
BIBLIOGRAPHYJ. R. Mélida, Catálogo Monumental de España. Provincia de Cáceres (1924) I, 79-85; A. Schulten, Castra Caecilia (1932) PI.
L. G. IGLESIAS