Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Carrus

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CARRUS. A small two-wheeled cart with boarded sides all round, used chiefly in the Roman armies for a commissariat and baggage waggon, as in the example (Carrus/1.1), from the Column of Trajan, on which such vehicles are frequently represented. The name is of Celtic origin, as was the vehicle itself, having been extensively employed by the ancient Britons, Gauls, Helvetii, &c. Sisenn. ap. Non. s. v. p. 125. Liv. x. 28. Caes. B. G. i. 3.

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  Carrus/1.1