toga praetexta (English spelling) toga praetexta

...Women also wore togas in the early period, but later only prostitutes and others who were not allowed to wear formal dress (stola) wore them. There were the plain, undyed toga virilis for adult men, the scarlet-edged toga praetexta for high-ranking officials and minors, the bleached toga candida for candidates for office, the dark gray toga pulla for mourning, and the scarlet-embroidered toga picta for triumphant generals. The toga was the formal dress for official occasions until the late Imperial period, but because it was heavy and difficult to pleat, the Greek-style outerwear (pallium) gradually came to be preferred.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…女性も初期にはトガを着たが，後には正装(ストラstola)着用を許されない売春婦等だけが着た。成年男子用の無地･無染色のトガ･ウィリリスtoga virilis，高級公職者および未成年者用の緋色の縁付きトガ･プラエテクスタtoga praetexta，官職立候補者用の漂白したトガ･カンディダtoga candida，喪服用の濃灰色のトガ･プラtoga pulla，凱旋将軍が着る緋一色に金色刺繡を施したトガ･ピクタtoga picta等の種類がある。トガは帝政後期に至るまで公式行事での正装であったが，重たくてひだ取りも難しかったので，しだいにギリシア風上着(パリウムpallium)が好まれるようになった。…

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