Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Esseda

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

ES'SEDA or ES'SEDUM. An uncovered car or cart, upon two wheels, open in front, but closed behind, and drawn by two horses, commonly used in warfare by the ancient Britons, Gauls, and Belgae. (Caes. B. G. iv. 33. Id. v. 16. Virg. Georg. iii. 204. Serv. ad l.). The Romans also constructed carriages after the same model, which they employed for ordinary purposes, and designated by the same name (Cic. Att. vi. 1. Ov. Pont. ii. 10. 34. Suet. Cal. 51.); but no representation either of the original British car, or of the Roman imitation of it, is known to exist in any authentic monument.