Trabea

Trabea (plural trabeae ) designated in Rome embellished with wide Purpustreifen toga particularly high-ranking personalities. She was originally supposedly worn by the kings, in historical times, then on special occasions at first mainly by Roman knights ( equites ). Occasionally, the Roman knighthood was even called that.

The adjective trabeatus denoted a man who was in the state dress. In late antiquity the trabea was always pompous and was also called the toga picta ( " Colorful toga "); it was now the typical official robes of the consuls. These occurred in public, to about at the opening of chariot races, usually in the trabea; this has now been awarded directly by the Emperor and each individually designed.