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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 19962, member: 112"]The phrygian cap was used in ancient times on artwork to identify Paris the Trojan hero as a non-Greek. And of course even before that just as typical headwear for the inhabitants of Phrygia.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the phrygian cap's connection with liberty came later. Roman slaves, who had been freed by their masters, wore the cap as a symbol of their new found liberty. And down through the ages the phrygian cap has become synonymous with liberty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 19962, member: 112"]The phrygian cap was used in ancient times on artwork to identify Paris the Trojan hero as a non-Greek. And of course even before that just as typical headwear for the inhabitants of Phrygia. But the phrygian cap's connection with liberty came later. Roman slaves, who had been freed by their masters, wore the cap as a symbol of their new found liberty. And down through the ages the phrygian cap has become synonymous with liberty.[/QUOTE]
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