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In [[Ancient Roman]] [[regalia]], a '''laticlave''', or '''clavus''', was a broad stripe or band of purple on the fore part of the [[tunic]], worn by senators as an emblem of office, from which the difference of the ''tunica angusticlavia'', and ''laticlavia''. |
In [[Ancient Roman]] [[regalia]], a '''laticlave''', or '''clavus''', was a broad stripe or band of purple on the fore part of the [[tunic]], worn by senators as an emblem of office, from which the difference of the ''tunica [[angusticlavia]]'', and ''laticlavia''. |
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This ornament, according to some, was called ''clavus'', "nail", as being set with little round plates of gold, or silver, like the heads of nails. |
This ornament, according to some, was called ''clavus'', "nail", as being set with little round plates of gold, or silver, like the heads of nails. |
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Revision as of 15:03, 9 August 2006
In Ancient Roman regalia, a laticlave, or clavus, was a broad stripe or band of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators as an emblem of office, from which the difference of the tunica angusticlavia, and laticlavia.
This ornament, according to some, was called clavus, "nail", as being set with little round plates of gold, or silver, like the heads of nails.
Cantelius maintained that the clavus consisted of a kind of purple flowers, sewed upon the cloth.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
