School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . especiallyin the circus and theatre; and it was theseat of the praetor when he administeredjustice. In the provinces it was assumedby inferior magistrates, when they exercisedproconsular or propraetorian find it occasionally exhibited on themedals of foreign monarchs likewise, for itwas the practice of the Romans to present acurule chair, an ivory sceptre, a toga prae-texta, and such-like ornaments, as tokensof respect and confidence to those rulerswhose friendship they desired to cultivate. The sella curulis appears from the firs
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . especiallyin the circus and theatre; and it was theseat of the praetor when he administeredjustice. In the provinces it was assumedby inferior magistrates, when they exercisedproconsular or propraetorian find it occasionally exhibited on themedals of foreign monarchs likewise, for itwas the practice of the Romans to present acurule chair, an ivory sceptre, a toga prae-texta, and such-like ornaments, as tokensof respect and confidence to those rulerswhose friendship they desired to cultivate. The sella curulis appears from the firstto have been ornamented with ivory; andat a later period it was overlaid with shape it was extremely plain, closely SELLA. resembling a common folding camp-stoolwith crooked legs. The form of the sellaturulis, as it is commonly represented uponthe denarii of the Roman families, is givenin p. 172. In the following cut are repre-sented two pair of bronze legs, belongingto a sella curulis, and likewise a sella cu-rulis itself. SENATUS. 32J. SELLAE CDRDLEc 2. Sella GESTATORiA,or Fertoria, asedanused both in town and country, and bymen as well as by women. It is expresslydistinguished from the Lectica, a portablebed or sofa, in which the person carried layin a recumbent position, while the sella wasa portable chair, in which the occupant satupright. It differed from the cathedraalso, but in what the difference consisted, itis not easy to determine. [Cathedra.]It appears not to have been introduceduntil long after the lectica was common, sincewe scarcely, if ever, find any allusion to ituntil the period of the empire. The sellawas sometimes entirely open, but more fre-quently shut in. It was made sometimesof plain leather, and sometimes ornamentedwith bone, ivory, silver, or gold, accordingto the fortune of the proprietor. It wasfurnished with a pillow to support the headand neck (cervical): the motion was soeasy that one might study without incon-venience, while at the same
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