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The toga praetexta was the normal garb for most Roman priesthoods, which tended to be the preserve of high status citizens. When offering sacrifice, libation and prayer, and when performing augury , the officiant priest covered his head with a fold of his toga, drawn up from the back: the ritual was thus performed capite velato (with covered head).
The toga praetexta, [33] which was thought to offer similar apotropaic protection, was formal wear for freeborn boys until puberty, when they gave their toga praetexta and childhood bulla into the care of their family Lares and put on the adult male's toga virilis. According to some Roman literary sources, freeborn girls might also wear – or ...
The name refers to the toga praetexta, purple striped, that was the official dress of Roman magistrates and priests. It was mainly a Roman garment. The toga praetexta was also worn by Roman freeborn girls before they came of age. [1] All Roman Republican tragedies are now lost.
The gens Sulpicia was one of the most ancient patrician families at ancient Rome, ... and especially to the toga praetexta, a toga with a purple border worn by boys ...
The Colosseum in Rome. In its initial stages, the ancient Roman architecture reflected elements of architectural styles of the Etruscans and the Greeks. Over a period of time, the style was modified in tune with their urban requirements, and civil engineering and building construction technology became developed and refined.
The stola was a staple of fashion in ancient Rome spanning from the early Roman ... Female and male citizen children could wear a toga praetexta (a toga with ...
In ancient Roman religion, the Arval Brethren (Latin: Fratres Arvales, "Brothers of the Fields") or Arval Brothers were a body of priests who offered annual sacrifices to the Lares and gods to guarantee good harvests. [1] Inscriptions provide evidence of their oaths, rituals and sacrifices.
A 20th-century depiction of a Roman triumph celebrated by Julius Caesar.Caesar, riding in the chariot, wears the solid Tyrian purple toga picta.In the foreground, two Roman magistrates are identified by their toga praetexta, white with a stripe of Tyrian purple.