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See also:CURULE (See also:Lat. currus, " See also:chariot ") , in See also:Roman antiquities, the epithet applied to the See also:chair of See also:office, See also:sella curulis, used by the " See also:curule or highest magistrates and also by the emperors . This chair seems to have been originally placed in the See also:magistrate's See also:chariot (hence the name) . ' It was inlaid with See also:ivory or in some cases made of it, had curved legs but no back, and could be folded up like a See also:camp-See also:stool . |
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