Editing Celje (section)

===Early history===
The first settlement in the area of Celje appeared during the [[Hallstatt culture|Hallstatt]] era. The settlement was known in the Celtic times and to Ancient Greek historians as ''Kelea'';<ref>{{cite web|title=The history of Celje: From the Celts and Romans to the Counts and Yugoslavia to the EU|url=https://www.inyourpocket.com/celje/History|access-date=2016-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003190530/https://www.inyourpocket.com/celje/History|archive-date=2016-10-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> findings suggest that [[Celt]]s coined [[Noricum|Noric]] money in the region.

[[File:Vischer - Topographia Ducatus Stiria - 035 Cilli - Celje.jpg|thumb|left|Celje, [[Georg Matthäus Vischer]], ''Topographia Ducatus Stiriae'', [[Graz]] 1681]]
Once the area was incorporated in the [[Roman Empire]] in 15 BC, it was known as ''Civitas [[List of Latin place names in the Balkans|Celeia]]''. It received [[town privileges|municipal rights]] in AD 45 under the name ''municipium [[Claudia Celeia]]'' during the reign of the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Claudius]] (41–54). Records suggest that the town was rich and densely populated, secured with the walls and towers, containing multi-storied marble palaces, wide squares, and streets. It was called ''Troia secunda'', the second; or small [[Troy]]. A [[Roman road]] through Celeia led from [[Aquileia]] (Sln. ''Oglej'') to [[Pannonia]]. Celeia soon became a flourishing [[Roman colony]], and many great buildings were constructed, such as the temple of [[Mars (god)|Mars]], which was known across the Empire. Celeia was incorporated into Aquileia c. 320 under the Roman Emperor [[Constantine I]] (272–337).

The city was razed by [[Slavic tribes]] during the [[Migration period]] of the 5th and 6th centuries, but was rebuilt in the [[Early Middle Ages]]. The first mention of Celje in the Middle Ages was under the name of ''Cylie'' in [[Wolfhold von Admont]]'s Chronicle, which was written between 1122 and 1137. The town was the seat of the [[Counts of Celje]] from 1341 to 1456, with [[Prince of the Holy Roman Empire|princely status]] from 1436. It acquired market-town status in the first half of the 14th century and [[town privileges]] from Count [[Frederick II of Celje|Frederick&nbsp;II]] on 11&nbsp;April&nbsp;1451.

[[File:Celje-1441.JPG|thumb|left|Celje, pictured in 1750. The [[Voglajna|Voglajna River]] can be seen on the left, flowing into the [[Savinja]]. The island district is called Otok (Slovene for 'island').]]
[[File:017 Celje, Cilli Kreisstadt - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1830.jpg|thumb|left|Celje, 1830 - Lith. Kaiser, Graz]]
After the Counts of Celje died out in 1456, the region was inherited by the [[Habsburg]]s of [[Austria]] and administered by the [[Duchy of Styria]]. The [[city wall]]s and defensive [[moat]] were built in 1473. The town defended itself against [[Turkish people|Turks]] and in 1515 during great [[Slovene peasant revolt of 1515|Slovene peasant revolt]] against peasants, who had taken [[Celje Castle|Old Castle]].

Many local nobles converted to [[Protestantism]] during the [[Protestant Reformation]], but the region was converted back to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] during the [[Counter-Reformation]]. Celje became part of the Habsburgs' [[Austrian Empire]] during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. In 1867, after the defeat of Austria in the [[Austro-Prussian War]], the town became part of [[Austria-Hungary]].