. History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages . O M H 5 a No. 96] CLASSICISM 135 A bordered toga was the distinctive dress of the City to Cassiodorus, this is the vestis Romulea, by which thePrefect sums up in himself all that is Roman. Consuls wore thetoga picta. We may see them thus portrayed upon their ivorydiptychs {cp. 111. 27). It was yet in use at the time of Cassio-dorus. The ancient robe of the triumphator still decked theConsul with its rich drapery. The Consul also received the staffsurmounted by an eagle or a cross (victorialis scipio) ; when per-. 111. 26.—T
. History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages . O M H 5 a No. 96] CLASSICISM 135 A bordered toga was the distinctive dress of the City to Cassiodorus, this is the vestis Romulea, by which thePrefect sums up in himself all that is Roman. Consuls wore thetoga picta. We may see them thus portrayed upon their ivorydiptychs {cp. 111. 27). It was yet in use at the time of Cassio-dorus. The ancient robe of the triumphator still decked theConsul with its rich drapery. The Consul also received the staffsurmounted by an eagle or a cross (victorialis scipio) ; when per-. 111. 26.—The Two Matrons on the Mosaic at Sta. Sabina.
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