- A
chariot is a type of cart
driven by a charioteer,
usually using horses to
provide rapid motive power. The
oldest known chariots have been
found in burials...
- name is of Romano-Celtic origin, and is
likely derived from the
Gaulish essedum,
meaning 'chariot',
whilst the
first element mandu was
common in Gaulish...
- equites. The
essedarius (from the
Latin word for a
Celtic war-chariot,
essedum) was
likely first brought to Rome from
Britain by
Julius Caesar. Essedarii...
- Hor****
supplanted most
light chariots. In
Celtic warfare,
light chariots (
essedum)
persisted among mounted troops, for
their ability to
transport heavily...
- the use of
chariots in battles.[page needed] The
Celtic chariots called essedum were some of the last
chariots used in warfare.[page needed] They had a...
-
cisiarii kept gigs for hire and for
conveying government dispatches (Cisium;
Essedum). The
Itinerarium Burdigalense,
which is a road book
drawn up in 333, mentions...
- Zimmermann, 1780 Type
species Mus
sagitta Pallas, 1773
Species Dipus sagitta Dipus deasyi †Dipus
conditor †Dipus
essedum †Dipus
fraudator †Dipus singularis...
-
difficulty of
descending a
Vosges hill.
People were
transported on the
essedum,
already used by the Gauls, but also on the rheda,
which had the advantage...
