02-20-2014, 06:34 PM
Quote:[u]The togas are plain white but I thought they had clavi along one edge too (???)
As a Senator or Magistrate you would have the right to wear a broad purple stripe on your toga (toga praetexta).
On Republican togas it would be sewn only on the rounded part (sinus), sewn because it is not possible to dye a rounded edge equally.
In the early Imperial period the stripe would be also on the even side (balteus).
To portray a senator you should also pocess a pair of calcei senatorii, the high boots of the senatorial order and a gold ring on the ring finger of the left hand.
Andreas Gagelmann
Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany