Fred at 104

Thank you

Fred at 86

Didn’t the emperor also wear a purple bordered toga? The emperor’s office was “Tribune Potentate”. If you examine a Roman Imperial coin with the emperor’s portrait, you’ll almost always see the abbreviation “TP” which stood for that office. I believe(?), the original office of Tribune during the Roman Republic was not part of the Senate. So strictly speaking, simply being a Tribune Potentate didn’t authorize one to senatorial priviledge. Obviously this didn’t really matter since the Emperor was actually an absolute monarch and could do as he please.