ALARES, in Antiquity, are supposed by some Authors to have been a kind of Militia, or Soldiery among the Romans; so called from Ala, a Wing, because of their Lightness and Swiftness in the Combat. Others make them a People of Pannonia: but others, with more probability, take Alares for an Adjective or Epithet; and apply it to the Roman Cavalry; because placed in the two Wings, or side of the Army; for which Reason, a Body of Horse was called Ala. See WING, CAVALRY, &c. ARTERIES Mucosae, in Anatomy. See PERICARDIUM.
