Reda
(or raeda, a word cognate with
rota, and
wrongly spelled
rheda). The Roman travellingcarriage with four wheels,
furnished with several seats, so as to be adapted for the transport of a large party, with
their luggage and necessaries (
Juv.iii. 10;
Mart. iii. 47, 5). It appears to have been in very
general use among the Romans, both for town and country (
Cic.
Mil. 20;
Ad Att. vi. 1; v. 17;
Iul. 57);
and probably resembled the French char-à-banc with a
cover overhead, for the carriage itself, as well as its name, was of Gallic original (
Quint.i. 5.68). The annexed illustration is from a drawing by
Ginzrot (
Wagen und
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Reda. (Ginzrot.)
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Fahrwerke) after several models of carriages that appear on the columns of
Trajan and M. Aurelius.
