Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Celeres

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

CEL'ERES. The old and original name by which the equestrian order at Rome was designated upon its first institution by Romulus, consisting of a body of 300 mounted men, selected from the 300 patrician or burgher families, and thus forming the nucleus of the Roman cavalry. Liv. i. 15. Plin. H. N. xxxiii. 9. Festus. s. v. Niebur, Hist. Rom. vol. i. p. 325. transl.