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CURULE (Lat. currus, " chariot ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 653 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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 " curule or highest magistrates and also by the emperors. This chair seems to have been originally placed in the See also:magistrate's 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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