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Social Classes
 | Emperor
The Roman Emperor would wear the most elaborate and decorated toga over his tunic. His toga is known as toga picta. It is more of a crimson color and embroidered in gold. Besides his toga, the emperor could be denoted by the laurel wreath he wore around his head. (Rome Exposed)
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 | Senatorial Class
Senators wore a tunic like did all other Roman Citizens. To signify their high authority, their tunic had a purple lati clavi (a wide stripe) running down the front and back from the shoulders. Over the tunic, a white toga also with the purple stripe, known as toga praetexta, was intricately folded and worn. Boots were worn as protection on the feet. (Rome Exposed)
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 | Regular Citizens
Male citizens wore a tunic as the undergarment. It was made of un-dyed wool and had no decoration. The toga of an ordinary citizen, like his tunic, was the natural color of the wool. It was called toga pura (plain toga), or toga virilis (man's toga), or toga libera (free toga). It could be dyed if the citizen had the money to do so. (Rome Exposed)
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 | Slave Class
Slaves and poor working class men were too poor to afford a toga. They would simply wear their un-dyed dark wool tunic to work and social gatherings. Their tunics were also shorter to provide freer movement at work. Most of the time they did not even have any foot coverings either. (Rome Exposed)
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