A Smaller Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities

by William Smith

Marble Chariot in the Vatican.

CURSŌRES, slaves whose duty it was to run before the carriage of their masters. They first came into fashion in the first century of the Christian aera. The word cursores was also applied to all slaves whom their masters employed in carrying letters, messages, &c.

CURSUS. [[Circus].]

CŬRŪLIS SELLA. [[Sella Curulis].]

CUSTŌDES. [[Comitia].]

CUSTŌDES, CUSTŌDĬAE. [[Castra].]

CUSTOS URBIS. [[Praefectus Urbi].]

Cyathi. (Museo Borbonico, vol. iv. pl. 12.)