bisellium
Americannoun
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bisellia
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Etymology
Origin of bisellium
< Latin, equivalent to bi- bi- 1 + sell ( a ) seat (cognate with settle 2 ) + -ium -ium
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Nevoleia Tyché, freedwoman of Julia, for herself and for Caius Munatius Faustus, knight and mayor of the suburb, to whom the decurions, with the consent of the people, had awarded the honor of the bisellium.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc
Hither they brought the curule seats or bisellia, described in speaking of the theatres of Pompeii; and here was the suggestus, a covered seat appropriated to the Emperor.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
Thither they had their seats carried and also the bisellia, or benches for two persons, on which they alone had the right to sit.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc
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