Basterna
A basterna was a kind of vehicle, or
Salmasius proposes it to be derived from the Greek
βαστάζω (Salm. ad Lamprid. Heliog. 21).
Cassius Dio links it to the people known as the Bastarnae, living in what is now southern Ukraine.[1][failed verification]. A description of a basterna is given by a poet in the Anth. Lat. iii. 183.
Others call it a kind of
Gregory de Tours gives an instance of it being carried by wild bulls
.
The interior was called cavea, 'cage'; and it had soft cushions or beds. The mode of basterna's passed from
coach or stagecoach
transportation has its origins in the basterna.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Basterna". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Vol. B–beer (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. p. 89. Retrieved 2020-08-21.- Smith, William. "Basterna". A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. John Murray: London. 1875.
- ^ Dio LI.24.4