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Stripes on Roman clothing

18th-century public-domain engraving illustrating the laticlave, Pitts Theology Library, Emory University. https://dia.pitts.emory.edu/image_details.cfm?ID=134645
Marble statue of a Roman togatus, 1st century CE, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247105

18th-century public-domain engraving illustrating the laticlave, Pitts Theology Library, Emory University. https://dia.pitts.emory.edu/image_details.cfm?ID=134645

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In ancient Rome, tunic stripes could signal status: a broad purple stripe was traditionally associated with senators, and a narrow one with equites, or knights. But not every stripe marked rank, and the historical evidence is not always clear.