CURULE

CHAIR (scila curulis), the | to ha Roman chair of state. said to have beenjon tl “used in very early times as an emblem of | also a Ae It was in shape like a | to the “stool, with curved. legs, and from | dust; the first was ornamented with ivory. | the } Under the republic the right of sitting upon | adopt this chair belonged solely to the highest | evil. dignitaries of state, and subsequently the}; OU curale chair, overlaid with gold, became} d. 18% the throne of the empcror. antho CURWEN, [s. 116]