Note 121 — Chapter VI · DIFFERENT KINDS OF CLOTHS.
Reading edition
The prætexta is described by Varro as a white toga, with a purple band or border; it was worn by boys until their seventeenth year, and by young women until their marriage.
Reading edition
The prætexta is described by Varro as a white toga, with a purple band or border; it was worn by boys until their seventeenth year, and by young women until their marriage.