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Constantius wore the purple
“Constantius wore the purple. The robe fell stiffly to his crimson shoes. In one hand he held an ivory staff, while the other rested on the arm of the throne, palm upward, holding the golden orb.”
—Gore Vidal, Julian, 1964.
purple death
“By purple death I’m seized and fate supreme.”
—Homer, The Iliad, eighth century B.C. According to Ammianus Marcellinus in book XV of his history, Flavius Claudius Julianus recited this line upon his elevation to Caesar by Constantius II on November 6, 355 C.E. Such elevations had often proven fatal to others. [Wikipedia]