Complex sentence: The purple-bordered "praetexta" worn by freeborn youths of both sexes acknowledged their vulnerability and asserted their protection under law; the praetextate stripe was otherwise reserved to magistrates.
Split into simpler sentences: The purple-bordered "praetexta" worn by freeborn youths of both sexes acknowledged their vulnerability and asserted their protection under law. The same praetextate stripe was otherwise reserved to magistrates.