The toga with horizontal purple stripes was the trabea. There was a purple and saffron stripe trabea was worn by the augurs, the priests who performed augury (divination of the omens of the gods). There was a purple and white trabea which was a royal toga of the Latin kings and the kings of early Rome. Later it became the badge of the equite (equestrian, cavalryman) order, the lower tier of the aristocracy, because it worn by young equites in the parade of the transvectio equitum. There was also an all-purple trabea which was first worn by Julius Caesar and later by the emperors.

There was also the toga preatexta. It was off-white (the colour of undyed wool) but it had a purple border. It was worn by:

Freeborn children prior to puberty. Originally the right to war this toga was reserved to the sons of patricians. Then it was extended to all freeborn boys as a sign of 'free birth.' During the Second Punic War the right to war this toga was also extended to the sons of freedmen, provided that their mother was a patrician. It is known that girls also wore the toga preatexta, but it is uncertain whether they were given this right at the same time as boys or later. They wore it until they got married.

The two top magistrates (executive officers of state), the consuls and the praetor, the dictator (an extraordinary officer of state) and the aediles (junior magistrates). It is uncertain whether the other magistrates (censors and quaestors) and the plebeian tribunes also wore this toga.

Former magistrates who led posts entitled to the toga preatexta, but only for ceremonial occasions.

The senators on ceremonial occasions.

Some priests (e.g., the Flamen Dialis, the s quindecemviri sacris faciundis, the septemviri epulonum)

The magistri vicorum on the day of the religious festival of the compitalia, a festival of the wards of Rome. These magistri were selected from the common citizens of the ward to preside over this festival.

Magister Collegii, These were the presidents of a collegium or corporation.

There was also the toga pulla preatexta. The toga pulla was a black or grey toga which was worn for mourning. The pulla preatexta also had a purple border and was worn by the man who the last rites for the deceased. Usually this was a relative.

Customs adopted from Etruria by the Romans were:

• the celebration of triumphs in Etruscan style
• the golden chariot of the king
• the fasces, a bundle of wooden sticks with an axe sticking out in the middle. This was used by the lictors, the guards of the consuls and the praetor. They were also a symbol of the power and authority of the consuls and the praetor.
• the clothes worn by people in positions of authority. The trabea, the robe worn by the king and then the consuls and priests during public ceremonies. The toga praetexta, the robe worn by higher officers of state and the curule chair they sat on as a symbol of their authority. The paludamnetum, a cloak worn by generals and their higher officers when commanding an army (but not during peace).
• the falera, round ornamental metal disks for helmets, armour and harnesses of horses.

It is also thought that gladiatorial fights originated from Etruria.

• Freeborn children prior to puberty. Originally the right to wear this toga was reserved to the sons of patricians (aristocrats). Then it was extended to all freeborn boys as a sign of 'free birth.' Boys stopped wearing the toga praetexta and assumed the toga virilis on the coming of puberty, from the age of 14 to the age of 17. The first wearing of the toga virilis was part of the celebrations on reaching maturity which involved a procession form the Forum to the Capitoline hill. This wearing of the toga virilis was called tirocinium fori, which was an introduction and training for public life. During the Second Punic War the right to wear this toga was also extended to the sons of freedmen, provided that their mother was a patrician. It is known that girls also wore the toga preatexta, but it is uncertain whether they were given this right at the same time as boys or later. They wore it until they got married, upon which, they wore the stola
• The two top magistrates (executive officers of state): the consuls and the praetor; the dictator (an extraordinary officer of state) and the aediles (junior magistrates). It is uncertain whether the other magistrates (censors and quaestors) and the plebeian tribunes also wore this toga.
• Senators and former officers of state (magistrates), but only for ceremonial occasions.
• Some priests (e.g., the Flamen Dialis, the s quindecemviri sacris faciundis, the septemviri epulonum)
• The magistri vicorum on the day of the religious festival of the compitalia, a festival of the wards of Rome. These magistri were selected from the common citizens of the ward to preside over this festival.
• Magister Collegii, These were the presidents of a collegium or corporation.