The toga has long been one of the most recognisable symbols of ancient Rome, so why have we been getting its history wrong?

By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social structure of ancient ... wear a purple toga, while ...

They had jobs such as: Historians estimate that up to 10 per cent of the population of the Roman Empire were enslaved people. They had no legal rights in ancient ... The toga, a large piece ...