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...

Dipodidae Tribe: Dipodini Genus: Dipus Zimmermann, 1780 Species Dipus sagitta Dipus deasyi †Dipus conditor †Dipus essedum †Dipus fraudator †Dipus singularis...

supplanted the use of chariots in battles. The Celtic chariots called essedum were some of the last chariots used in warfare. They had a light and agile...

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...

Horsemen supplanted most light chariots. In Celtic warfare, light chariots (essedum) persisted among mounted troops, for their ability to transport heavily...