(in Rome) were classed under four factions, distinguished by their liveries:—white, red, sky-blue, and green. Domitian added two more, viz. the golden and the purple.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.