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Conversely, to choose certain colors, such as cherry red (cerasinus) and greenish-yellow (galbinus), was to mark one out as vulgar, while the exorbitantly expensive pigment purple increasingly became the exclusive preserve of the emperor and his family.80 One’s palla could be dyed to match the tunic underneath, and patterns and striped borders in complementary hues were popular too.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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