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born in the purple
Traditionally, born in the purple〔 ''At the bottom of the first definition of the word "purple."''〕 was a category of members of royal families born during the reign of their parent. This was later loosely expanded to include all children born of prominent or high ranking parents. The parents must be prominent at the time of the child's birth so that the child is always in the spotlight and destined for a prominent role in life. A child born before the parents become prominent would not be "born in the purple." The color purple refers to Tyrian purple, restricted by law, custom and the expense of creating it to royalty.
==Origins==
The concept derives from the Roman/Byzantine Imperial concept of ''Porphyrogenitus'' under which children born to reigning emperors held superior rights to the throne over siblings born before their father ascended the imperial throne.〔Lane, Nick, 〕 The term is sometimes associated with the rareness and great expense of purple dye in the ancient world.〔http://www.mountlebanon.org/histphoenicians.html〕 In the Byzantine Empire being ''Porphyrogenitus'' very specifically meant being born in the ''Porphyra'' or purple chamber of the Imperial Palace, a room which Anna Comnena said was "set apart long ago for an Empress's confinement" and which was decorated with expensive porphyry marble.〔Anna Comnena, ''The Alexiad'' (London: Penguin, 2003), pp. 196, 219.〕
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