VELITRÆ (anc. geog.), the first town of the Volsci, in Latium, beyond the Mons Albanus, 20 miles to the east of Rome: afterwards a colony, which was soon after increased. Of this place was the family of Augustus, and one of the principal in it, (Suetonius). Now
Velleius Now Velletri, in the Campania of Rome. E. Long. 13. 20. N. Lat. 41. 40.