Auxiliary standards

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Don't misunderstand this, but the colour 'purpure' from the sources is not always the same as our modern colour purple. It's also a reddish colour, the name also being a synonym for 'red/blooded'. It is therefore possible that the colour of the standards was not literally purple, but still red.

However, as I have discussed in a previous post, my assertion is that the Draco standards were all purple in colour and appear to have perhaps been a symbolism of the Emperor, even if he were not present, much the same as the Eagles were the representation of the might of the Legiones.