Online Encyclopedia

CURULE (Lat. currus, " chariot ")

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 653 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

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 .

End of Article: CURULE (Lat. currus, " chariot ")
[back]
MARCUS CURTIUS 		[next]
CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.