No One But Royalty Could Wear The Color Purple
Purple has always been the color of royalty and the members of higher status so it’s not surprising to hear it was also true in Ancient Rome. The emperors typically wore purple togas and similar outfits, though no one else could do the same thing. As a matter of fact, this was treated so seriously that it became official as one of the “sumptuary laws” that prevented members of the lower class from displaying any forms of extravagant wealth. The laws were made so it would be possible to tell the social standing of an individual just by looking at them. Apparently, there was no reason to waste your breath being polite to a peasant.
No One But Royalty Could Wear The Color Purple
Fathers Were Allowed To Sell Their Children Into Slavery
Ancient Roman dads sure put their kids to work, though some took it too far by selling them into slavery. The arrangement of the whole thing is comparable to a lease since the buyer needed to return the child after a while. This was apparently common behavior back then, though there were certain limits as well. For example, one could only lease the same child up to three times. Anything more than would grant someone the status of an unfit father from whom a child had to emancipated from. That’s why some people thought it was very helpful to have more children so they could lease them off twice.
Fathers Were Allowed To Sell Their Children Into Slavery