Questions From Satire 6 Book 1
Lines 23-25, I wasn't sure what the dazzling car or the broad strip were. Lines 27-28, Horace mentions the broad stripe again. Also, I was lost to the meaning of these two lines. In addition, I wasn't sure what the Newman junior was or who Natta was. Also, what message of Natta is Horace referring to? I think one of the hardest things for me, when reading Horace, is that I don't know the people or some of the places he is talking about.
posted by Harmonia @ 6:22 PM
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I was also curious as to the meaning of the "broad stripe". I wonder if it is somehow related to their social status. He referes to Tillius, ("a man of lowly origins who reached the senate" according to the notes) as resuming the broad stripe he abandoned to become a Tribune. Since traditionally the senators were patrician, and tribunes plebs, a lowborn man would have to move up to become a senator, and then back again to become tribune. So, perhaps the "broad stripe" is the mark of a plebian.
i believe that public office was denoted by stripes or colors on a tunic. Much like the army has different ways of signifying rank. If you see a toga with a broad purple stripe, you know that person is a senator. I believe it was just a way of identifying the ranks of people.
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