basic unit of clothing: tunica- ankle length, sleeveless or short sleeve garment men/boys- tunica...
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Roman Clothing and Fashion
Tunica, ae
Basic unit of
clothing:
Tunica- ankle
length, sleeveless
or short sleeve
garment
Men/boys- tunica
belted at waist to
be knee length
Sub Tunica
only evident in mosaics and some paintings
Footwear
• Calceus, i-
shoe
• Solea, ae-
sandal
Toga , -ae Praetexta
Worn by
boys and
elected
government
officials
Worn with
striped
tunic
Boys’
stripes
were
narrower
Toga VirilisToga CivilisToga Pura
• Plain toga
worn by
Roman
citizens
• formal
public
appearance
s
• civic
ceremonies
• religious
ceremonies
Romans, masters of the world, the togate people
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Stola, ae• Roman
women’s
fashion
• fasted along
shoulder to
form sleeves
• 2 rectangles
fastened
together,
sewn up sides
• belted
Peplos, -is
• Women’s tunic
• fashionable in Greek lands
• fastened at shoulders
• belted at waist
• drapey
Palla, -ae
• outer
garment
• wrapped in
many ways
• worn
outside the
house
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