A garment known as the "trabea triumphalis" was commonly worn by consuls in Late Antiquity. When Emperor Justinian II abolished the office of consul as a separate entity from the Emperor himself, the "trabea triumphalis" developed into the "loros", which was the worn only by the imperial family and senior administrative officials. Although Emperor Leo VI abolished the ancient title of consul altogether, the "loros" persisted until the end of the empire as the formal, ceremonial dress of the emperors