Pur­ple may not be one of the most pop­u­lar col­ors in the appar­el of our age, but if you want it — as cer­tain cul­tur­al fig­ures have amply demon­strat­ed — you can get as much of it as you like, even if you don’t belong to the aris­toc­ra­cy. That was­n’t the case in antiq­ui­ty, as … Con­tin­ue read­ing Why Ancient Romans Paid a For­tune for the Col­or Pur­ple — More Than Even Sil­ver