Angusticlavia
An angusticlavia, angusticlavus, or angustus clavus in ancient Rome, was a narrow-strip tunica, or tunic with two narrow and vertical purple stripes (clavi). The stripes were worn underneath of the toga, but one was made visible over the right shoulder.
The angusticlavia was the tunic associated with the rank and office of the eques, or equestrians, one of the two Roman aristocratic classes. These were military men, often patricians, (patrici) who supplied most of the cavalry in times of war, and in times of peace they were businessmen, often carrying senators' personal businesses. Equestrians wore the angusticlavia under the Trabea, a short toga of distinctive form and color. They also wore equestrian shoes (calcei), and a gold ring (anulus aureus). The tunic's stripes were about an inch wide, which contrasted with the senator's laticlavus marked by the three inch wide stripes.
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