Opinion | Purple reign: how colour owes its name to sea snails, and why it became associated with grandeur : vimarsana.com

Purple robes were a status symbol in Roman times, and the preserve of Byzantine emperors. Why? The dye came from the mucus of sea snails, 10,000 of which produced just a gram of the stuff.

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