in Roman Antiquity, a tunica worn by the equestrian order, having two narrow purple stripes inwoven parallel to each other, and extending from the shoulders down its entire length. The Laticlavia Tunica, worn by the senators, was loose at the waist, and distinguished by one broad purple band which extended perpendicularly from the neck down its centre. The Latus Clavus is said to have been introduced at Rome by Tullus Hostilius after his conquest of the Etruscans, and it appears to have been worn in early times by all classes promiscuously. It seems that Augustus sometimes conferred the privilege of wearing the Latus Clavus on the children of equestrians, as a prelude to entering the senate.