CURDLE, the epithet applied in Rome to the chair of office, sells curulis (Lat. currus, "chariot"), used by the "curule" or higher magistrates, and by the emperors. This chair seems to have been originally placed in the magistrate's chariot. It was inlaid with ivory or made of it, had curved legs but no back, and could be folded up like a camp-stool (See CONSUL, PRAETOR and AEDILE.)