What did women and children wear in rome?

Answer 1

Roman women wore a stola, the female equivalent of the toga. Most had short sleeves, but some had long sleeves. The tunic worn under the stola could have long sleeves. It was fastened around the shoulders by clasps. Two belts were worm. One was the below the breasts, which created peats, and the other was around the waist. The stola of richer women could be elaborate and a limbus could be added to it. This was a piece of material with many pleats sown to the hem of the stola. It looked like another gown worn beneath the stola and created the look of many layers. This was a symbol of wealth.

The stola of poor women was a piece of material with holes for the head and the arms, tightened around the waist with a belt.

Roman girls were not allowed to wear the stola until they were married. The tunic and the cloak were the main items worn by Roman girls. Girls wore a simple tunic (tunica) with a belt at the waist. When they went outside, they wore a second tunic that reached their feet. Girls wore cloaks which were used as protection from the weather was called a paludamentum and was fastened at the shoulder with a clasp, called a fibula. The cloaks often had head coverings attached to them.

The tunic and the cloak were also the main items worn by Roman boys. The tunic reached to the knees and had short sleeves. In the second century AD the style changed and long sleeves became acceptable in the tunic design. The cloak of boys was similar to that of girls and was attached in the same manner.

By law only adult, male, Roman citizens were allowed to wear the toga virilis only on reaching the age of political majority (seventeen). However wealthy and noble young men who were the sons of senators, from the age of fourteen until they were seventeen years of age were allowed to wear a toga bordered with purple, called the toga praetexta.

Roman children were given an amulet on a necklace called a bulla when they were born. The bulla for boys was a neck chain with a round pouch containing protective amulets, often phallic symbols which emphasised their masculinity. The protective amulets of the bulla for girls were worn on a chain, cord, or strap. Girls wore their bulla until the eve of their wedding day, when their bulla was set aside with other childhood things such as her toys.

Answer 2

Stolas, dresses worn by married women.

Tunics, for young girls, like a long t-shirt.

Pallas, a cloak that could be worn over the head of wrapped around the waist-like a belt.