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CELESTES

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or CELESTAE, (from κέλευσις, a race-horse), in antiquity, denote single or saddle horses, by way of contradiction from those yoked or harnessed together, called bigarii, quadrigarii, &c. The same denomination is also given to the cavaliers or riders on horseback; and hence some deduce celeres, the name of Romulus's guard.