In one time and place, purple was the norm, because the dyes, produced in modern tunisia, with Carthage having the monopoly for much of it's existence, was prohibitively expensive, so only the rich and powerful could indulge in even a purple stripe. The stripe, in fact, was the telltale mark of a Roman senator.
Yes, people are really searching for these. No, I don't know who they belong to, and I don't ever want to.
These often-disturbing glimpses into the psyche of our searches may completely and irreversibly change the way you look at small crowds, and even friends, neighbors, spouses, parents, kids, yourself, etc. If that happens, well... it happens.
The only edits I've made to the searches are possible casing changes - searches will sometimes appear in Title Case or all lower case depending on when I found them, and in some cases common misspellings have already been auto-corrected.
In one time and place, purple was the norm, because the dyes, produced in modern tunisia, with Carthage having the monopoly for much of it's existence, was prohibitively expensive, so only the rich and powerful could indulge in even a purple stripe. The stripe, in fact, was the telltale mark of a Roman senator.
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