Roman antiquities: or, An account of the manners and customs of the Romans; . olour, TOGA PULLA vcl atru ; hence those in mourning Aveiecalled PULLATi, or atrati.* But those Avere also called pullatiAvho Avore a great-coat ^ instead of the toga, or a mean raggeddress,^ as the vulgar or poor people,^ The mourning robe of women was called ricinium, vel -nus,vel RiCA,iowhich covered the head and shoulders, or mavortes,-IS, vel -TA. They seem to havehad several of these above one ano-ther, that they might throAV theminto the funeral piles of theirhusbands and friends. Tiie TwelveTables restricted
Roman antiquities: or, An account of the manners and customs of the Romans; . olour, TOGA PULLA vcl atru ; hence those in mourning Aveiecalled PULLATi, or atrati.* But those Avere also called pullatiAvho Avore a great-coat ^ instead of the toga, or a mean raggeddress,^ as the vulgar or poor people,^ The mourning robe of women was called ricinium, vel -nus,vel RiCA,iowhich covered the head and shoulders, or mavortes,-IS, vel -TA. They seem to havehad several of these above one ano-ther, that they might throAV theminto the funeral piles of theirhusbands and friends. Tiie TwelveTables restricted the number tothree.^^ The Romans seldom or neverappeared at a feast in mourning,nor at the public spectacles, nor atfestivals and sacrifices.^^ At entertainments the moreAvealthy Romans laid aside thetoga, and put on a particular robe,called SYNTHESIS, Avhich they Avoreall the time of the saturnalia, be-cause then they Avere continuallyfeasting.^^ Nero Avore it^* in com-mon. Magistrates and certain priestsAvore a toga bordered with purple,^^hence called toga ; as. 1 Hor. Sat. i. 2. 82. 4 Ov. Trist. v. 5. 7. Jav. ii. 70. Mart. ii. Hor. Sat. ii. 2. 60. 39. vi. 64. X. 5i Cic. 5 see p. 71. Pnil. 2. 18. Mart. i. aO. 6 Suet. Aug. 44. Juv. 2 Juv. vi. 25S. 52. 3 Plin. Ep. iv. 11. iii. 5. 10. 213. Cic. Vat. 12. 7 lacerna. 8 Suet. Aug. 40. vii. 17. 9 pullatus circulus, vel ba pullata, vi. 4. Hor. ii. 2. 60. Pers. lU quod posttergum re- 13 Mart, iu 46. iv. 80. xiv, 1. 141. synthesina, sc. ves- ii. 23. i. 268, Isid. liceretur 11 CiG. 25. 12 Cin. \rat. 12. 2. Ov. F. i. V). lis, Su-t. limbo purpureo (cuindata. THE ROMAN DRESS. 353 the superior magistrates/ the pontifices, the augurs, the dece3i-viBi sacris facmndis, &c., and even private persons when theyexhibited Generals when they triumphed wore an embroidered toga,called piCTA vel palmata.^ Young men, till they were sevent
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