CELETES

CELETES, or CELETS, (from celere, a race-horse,) in antiquity, denote single or saddle-horses; by way of contradistinction from those yoked or harnessed together, called ligarii, quadrigarii, &c. The same de-
N^o 67.

nomination is also given to the cavaliers or riders on horseback; and hence some deduce celeres, the name of Romulus's guard.