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An angusticlavia is a tunic with two vertical stripes, worn underneath a toga in ancient Rome.

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An angusticlavia is a type of singing voice classification, specifically referring to a vocal range or register that is narrower or more limited in range. It is often used to describe a voice that has a higher tessitura or is more suited for higher-pitched singing.

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What is the Difference between patricians and tribunes?

The patricians (patrici) were the Roman aristocracy The plebeian tribune or tribune of the plebs (tribunus plebis) was the representative of the plebeians (the commoners). The military tribune (tribunus militum) were army officers of who ranked below the legate (the commander of a legion) and above the senior centurions. There were six of them in each legion. In the early period of the Roman Republic they were appointed by the consuls and two of them acted as second in command, and this authority was rotated among the six. In 311 BC, four of these tribunes were elected by the people. With the Marian reform of 107 BC, there were two types of military tribunes. The tribunus laticlavus (broad stripe, after the board purple stripe of their tunic) was the senior tribune and the second-in-command of the legion. He was young aristocrat who learnt from the legate and in his absence assumed the command of the legion. The other five were the tribuni angusticlavia (narrow stripe). Their role was more political than military. They did not hold command and served as senior staff officers of the legate.


What did the ancient roman middle class wear?

The ancient Roman equivalent to the middle class was the equites, who are sometimes referred to as the "equestrian order". There clothing style was the same as everyones--the tunic and toga or cloak. The difference was in the quality of the fabrics of their clothing and in the expense of the dyes used on them. The euqites cannot be compared to the modern middle class and the use of this term is inappropriate with reference to this order-note that the Romans used the term order, not class, their concepts were different from ours. The two classes are totally different and the social stratification of Rome was also completely different. The middle class sprung from the rise of capitalism, they were entrepreneurs and were strongly associated with the free market and with wage labour. Rome did not have capitalism, a truly free market or wage labour. The equites were part of the Roman nobililes, the patrician-(rich) plebiean aristocracy . They were the second order of the city and the lower layer of the aristocracy. They considered themselves above the middling layers of Roman society. They were part of a tiny elite (under 10,000 at the height of the empire) that monopolised power (political, military and economic). Equites meant knights. The origin of the order is from when Rome recruited more wealthy people to increase the size of the cavalry. They had exclusive rights to serve as senior army officers. The rank was hereditary, provided that their wealth remained within a (very high) property threshold. Equite status was displayed through the right to wear the tunica angusticlavia (narrow-striped tunic) worn underneath the toga, with the stripe visible over the shoulder (the senators wore a wide stripe) and the gold ring (anulus aureus). This does not sound like a middle class.


What did the ancient Romans where back then?

They had many achievements. Like aqueducts and a new system of laws. they also set up a system of walkways and roads. They were one of the past's many over achieved empires. Roman public baths, libraries and sewerage systems and building with arches and domes were engineering feats for their time in history.


What did Roman gladiaters wear?

"Dress for a Roman often, if not primarily, signified rank, status, office, or authority. . . . The dress worn by the participants in an official scene had legal connotations. . . . The hierarchic, symbolic use of dress as a uniform or costume is part of Rome's legacy to Western civilization." (Larissa Bouffant. "Introduction." The World of Roman Costume. Ed. Judith Lynn Sebesta and Larissa Bouffant. University of Wisconsin Press, 1994. Pp. 5-6)I. Clothing and Status: Ancient Rome was very much a "face-to-face" society (actually more of an "in your face" society), and public display and recognition of status were an essential part of having status. Much of Roman clothing was designed to reveal the social status of its wearer, particularly for freeborn men. In typical Roman fashion, the more distinguished the wearer, the more his dress was distinctively marked, while the dress of the lowest classes was often not marked at all. In the above diagram, for example, we can deduce that the first man on the left is a Roman citizen (because he wears a toga) but is not an equestrian or senator (because he has no stripes on his tunic). We know that the woman is married because she wears a stola. Colored shoes and the broad stripes on his tunic identify the next man as a senator, while the border on his toga indicates that he has held at least one curule office. The laurel wreath on the head of the next man and his special robes indicate that he is an emperor, while the uniform and cloak of the following man identify him as a general. It is more difficult to determine the exact social status of the two men on the right; their hitched-up tunics indicate that they are lowercase working men, but the two lowest social classes in Rome (freed people and slaves) did not have distinctive clothing that clearly indicated their status. These men could both be freed people (or citizens at work, for that matter); however, the man in the brown tunic is carrying tools and the other man is lighting his way, so we can deduce that the man in the white tunic may be a slave of the other man.Augustus and later emperors emphasized the interaction of dress, social status, and public display when they required official dress at public performances and regulated public seating in the theaters and amphitheaters of Rome. A prominent section was reserved for the male and female members of the imperial family and the 6 Vestal Virgins; the first rows were reserved for senators, the next for male equestrians, the next for male citizens (with women of all classes relegated to the top rows of this section), and the top "standing room only" tiers for the lowest classes. Performers and spectators at these events would thus see a striking visual display of the different status groups in the form of blocks of color created by the different types of togas (the modern film Gladiator recreated this effect in the computer-assisted simulation of the Colosseum).II. Production and Cleaning of Garments: Typically, Roman garments were made of wool. In the early Republic, women spun the fleece into thread and wove the cloth in the home, and doubtless many women of the less wealthy classes continued this practice throughout the history of Rome. By the late Republic, however, upper-class Roman women did not spin and weave themselves (unless, like Livia, they were trying to demonstrate how traditional and upright they were). Instead, slaves did the work within the household or cloth was purchased commercially, and well-to-do Romans could also buy cloth made of linen, cotton, or silk. There were many businesses associated with textiles besides spinning and weaving, including operations such as dyeing (fibers were usually dyed before being spun into thread), processing, and cleaning. Garments were cleaned by fullers (fullones) using chemicals such as sulfur and especially human urine.III. Undergarments: We do not know a great deal about Roman underclothes, but there is evidence that both men and women wore a simple, wrapped loincloth (subligar or subligaculum, meaning "little binding underneath") at least some of the time; male laborers wore the subligar when working, but upper-class men may have worn it only when exercising. Women also sometimes wore a band of cloth or leather to support the breasts (strophium or mamillare). Both these undergarments can be seen on the woman athlete at the left, from a fourth-century CE mosaic; she holds a palm branch signifying that she has been victorious in a contest. (see another scene from this mosaic and an ancient pair of leather "bikini" pants found in Roman Britain.)IV. Footwear: Sandals (soleae, sandalia) with open toes were the proper footwear for wearing indoors. There were many different designs, from the practical (as shown in this model or this foot of a statue) to elegant (as shown in this actual leather woman's thong-style sandal with a gold ornament). Shoes (calcei), which encased the foot and covered the toes, were considered appropriate for outdoors and were always worn with the toga; when visiting, upper-class Romans removed their shoes at the door and slipped on the sandals that had been carried by their slaves. There were many different styles of shoes, and some leather versions have survived, like these shoes (ancient leather shoes on top and modern reconstructions below) and this simple workman's shoe. There were no dramatic gender differences in Roman footwear (unlike the high heels worn by women today), though upper-class males (equestrians, patricians, and senators) wore distinctive shoes that marked their status; the patrician shoes, for example, were red.V. Men's Clothing:THE TUNIC basic tunic(tunica) equestrian tunic(tunica angusticlavia) senatorial tunic(tunica laticlavia)The basic item of male dress was the tunic, made of two pieces of undyed wool sewn together at the sides and shoulders and belted in such a way that the garment just covered the knees. Openings for the arms were left at the top of the garment, creating an effect of short sleeves when the tunic was belted; since tunics were usually not cut in a T-shape, this left extra material to drape under the arm, as can be clearly seen in this statue of a first-century CE orator in tunic and toga. Men of the equestrian class were entitled to wear a tunic with narrow stripes, in the color the Romans called purple but was more like a deep crimson, extending from shoulder to hem, while broad stripes distinguished the tunics of men of the senatorial class. Most ancient statues do not show these stripes, but this wall painting from a lararium in Pompeii depicts both the tunica laticlavia and toga praetexta. As can be seen in the drawing at the top of this page, working men and slaves wore the same type of tunic, usually made of a coarser, darker wool, and they frequently hitched the tunic higher over their belts for freer movement. Sometimes their tunics also left one shoulder uncovered, as depicted in this mosaic of a man named Frucius (whose narrow stripes indicate equestrian rank) being attended by two slaves, Myro and Victor. Slaves were not inevitably dressed in poor clothing, however; Junius, the young kitchen slave depicted in this mosaic, wears a more elegant tunic and a gold neckchain, and the skeleton of a woman was recently found in an area near Pompeii with a quantity of gold jewelry, including a serpent bracelet engraved DOM[I]NUS ANCILLAE SUAE, "from the master to his slave girl." THE TOGAThe toga was the national garment of Rome; in the Aeneid,Virgil has the god Jupiter characterize the Romans as "masters of the earth, the race that wears the toga" (1.282). Only male citizens were allowed to wear the toga. It was made of a large woolen cloth cut with both straight and rounded edges; it was not sewn or pinned but rather draped carefully over the body on top of the tunic. Over time, the size and manner of draping the toga became more elaborate; compare this bronze statue from the beginning of the first century BCE with this statue of a Roman senator or this statue of the emperor Augustus, which clearly illustrate the toga as worn during the late Republic and first centuries of the Empire. As shown in the drawing at left, the cloth was folded lengthwise and partly pleated at the fold, which was then draped over the left side of the body, over the left shoulder, under the right arm, and back up over the left arm and shoulder. It was held in place partly by the weight of the material and partly by keeping the left arm pressed against the body. The large overfold in the front of the body was called a sinus, and part of the material under this was pulled up and draped over the sinus to form the umbo. The back of the toga was pulled over the head for religious ceremonies, as in this statue of Augustus as chief priest (pontifex maximus). It was difficult to put the toga on properly by oneself, and prominent Romans had slaves who were specially trained to perform this function. Togas were costly, heavy, and cumbersome to wear; the wearer looked dignified and stately but would have found it difficult to do anything very active. Citizens were supposed to wear togas for all public occasions (here, for example, is a man being married in a toga), but by the beginning of the Empire Augustus had to require citizens to wear the toga in the Forum. This fresco from a building outside Pompeii is a rare painted depiction of Roman men wearing togae praetextae participating in a religious ceremony, probably the Compitalia; the dark crimson (Roman purple) color of their toga borders can clearly be seen.The color of the toga was significant, marking differences in age and status:toga virilis also called toga pura: unadorned toga in the off-white color of the undyed wool that was worn by adult male citizenstoga praetexta: off-white toga with a broad purple border shown in the right-hand drawing. The only adults allowed to wear this toga were curule magistrates (curule aedile and above).toga pulla: toga made of dark-colored wool worn during periods of mourningtoga candida: artificially whitened toga worn by candidates for political officetoga picta: purple toga embroidered with gold thread worn by a victorious general during a triumphal parade and later adopted by emperors for state occasions. A variant of this costume was the toga purpura, an all-purple toga worn by the early kings and possibly adopted by some emperorsMale children of the upper classes also had distinctive dress for formal occasions. All freeborn citizen boys were entitled to wear a bulla (see below). On formal occasions, boys also wore the toga praetexta, possibly over a striped tunic; in theory all freeborn citizen boys could wear this garment, but because of its expense it generally indicated that the wearer belonged to the upper class (see these boys on the Ara Pacis and this statue of the future emperor Nero wearing a bulla and an elaborately draped toga). At the age of 14-16, boys laid aside the bordered toga during their coming-of-age ceremony (usually celebrated on the feast of the Liberalia, March 17) and ceremonially donned the toga virilis.Although women had apparently worn togas in the early years of Rome, by the middle of the Republican era the only women who wore togas were common prostitutes. Unlike men, therefore, women had an item of clothing that symbolized lack of (or loss of) respectability-the toga. While the toga was a mark of honor for a man, it was a mark of disgrace for a woman. Prostitutes of the lowest class, the street-walker variety, were compelled to wear a plain toga made of coarse wool to announce their profession, and there is some evidence that women convicted of adultery might have been forced to wear "the prostitute's toga" as a badge of shame.Jewelry: Propriety demanded that adult male citizens wear only one item of jewelry, a personalized signet ring that was used to make an impression in sealing wax in order to authorize documents. Originally made of iron, these signet rings later came to be made of gold, like the ring at left, whose carnelian sealstone depicts a tragic actor holding a mask (see this large bronze signet ring from Herculaneum with the letters of the owner's name in reverse, for stamping on wax: M[arci] PILI PRIMIG[genii] GRANIANI.). The reverse lettering on this gold signet ring from the third century CE says CORINTHIA VIVAT, "may Corinthia live" or "long live Corinthia." Other rings with a practical function were actually keys (see also this bronze ring with a more elaborate key), perhaps to the gentleman's strongbox. Literary evidence indicates that some Roman men ignored propriety and wore numerous rings as well as brooches to pin their Greek-style cloaks (like this silver pin with symbols of victory-a winged goddess with an eagle, laurel crown, and palm branch). Before the age of manhood, Roman boys wore a bulla, a neckchain and round pouch containing protective amulets (usually phallic symbols), and the bulla of an upper-class boy would be made of gold. See this terra-cotta statue of a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and wearing a bulla, and this statue of a proud mother pointing to her son in his toga and bulla (the facial features and hairstyles indicate that this statue probably represents Agrippina the Younger and her son Nero). Boys sometimes wore small gold rings carved with a phallus for good luckHairstyles:During the middle and late Republic and into the early Empire, Roman men wore their hair short and were clean shaven, even though the process of shaving was uncomfortable and frequently resulted in cuts and scratches. Emperors, however, became style setters. The emperor Nero (54-68 CE) affected a more elaborate hairstyle with curls framing his face and later added sideburns, which can also be seen on his coins. Hadrian (117-138 CE) was the first emperor to adopt a short beard, and many men, no doubt grateful to escape the ordeal of shaving, followed his example. After his reign, in fact, beards became quite common among Roman men.Continue with Roman Clothing, Part II for information on women's clothing, hairstyles, and jewelry.


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Did roman fashion have plain clothes or did they have patterned clothes?

The Romans did not have clothing fashions or fashion designers. They had clothing conventions. The Roman convention for men was plain clothes. They were supposed to wear undyed wool, which was off white. The tunics and togas of high status men could have two narrow purple stripes (angusticlavia) and those of the senators two wide purple stripes (laticlavia) on their tunics. The senators could also wear the toga preatexta, which had a purple strip. The emperor could wear a purple toga in ceremonial occasions There were fewer restrictions on the dresses of women. They could be almost of any colour. Patterned clothes were rare. A wide ornamental border (instita) on the lower hem of a white tunic or stola was a marker of wealth.


What is the Difference between patricians and tribunes?

The patricians (patrici) were the Roman aristocracy The plebeian tribune or tribune of the plebs (tribunus plebis) was the representative of the plebeians (the commoners). The military tribune (tribunus militum) were army officers of who ranked below the legate (the commander of a legion) and above the senior centurions. There were six of them in each legion. In the early period of the Roman Republic they were appointed by the consuls and two of them acted as second in command, and this authority was rotated among the six. In 311 BC, four of these tribunes were elected by the people. With the Marian reform of 107 BC, there were two types of military tribunes. The tribunus laticlavus (broad stripe, after the board purple stripe of their tunic) was the senior tribune and the second-in-command of the legion. He was young aristocrat who learnt from the legate and in his absence assumed the command of the legion. The other five were the tribuni angusticlavia (narrow stripe). Their role was more political than military. They did not hold command and served as senior staff officers of the legate.


What did the ancient roman middle class wear?

The ancient Roman equivalent to the middle class was the equites, who are sometimes referred to as the "equestrian order". There clothing style was the same as everyones--the tunic and toga or cloak. The difference was in the quality of the fabrics of their clothing and in the expense of the dyes used on them. The euqites cannot be compared to the modern middle class and the use of this term is inappropriate with reference to this order-note that the Romans used the term order, not class, their concepts were different from ours. The two classes are totally different and the social stratification of Rome was also completely different. The middle class sprung from the rise of capitalism, they were entrepreneurs and were strongly associated with the free market and with wage labour. Rome did not have capitalism, a truly free market or wage labour. The equites were part of the Roman nobililes, the patrician-(rich) plebiean aristocracy . They were the second order of the city and the lower layer of the aristocracy. They considered themselves above the middling layers of Roman society. They were part of a tiny elite (under 10,000 at the height of the empire) that monopolised power (political, military and economic). Equites meant knights. The origin of the order is from when Rome recruited more wealthy people to increase the size of the cavalry. They had exclusive rights to serve as senior army officers. The rank was hereditary, provided that their wealth remained within a (very high) property threshold. Equite status was displayed through the right to wear the tunica angusticlavia (narrow-striped tunic) worn underneath the toga, with the stripe visible over the shoulder (the senators wore a wide stripe) and the gold ring (anulus aureus). This does not sound like a middle class.


Did ancient Romans have different colour in togas for different occasions?

Adult Roman male citizens wore an undyed woollen toga, which was off-while, which was called toga virilis. This was a woollen cloth of perhaps 20 ft. (6 m) in length which was wrapped around the body and was generally worn over a tunic. The toga trabea had horizontal purple stripes. Originally it was worn by the kings of early Rome. Later it was worn by young equestrians (equestrians, cavalrymen) during a parade of men of this rank (the transvectio equitum). The equites were the second highest social rank in Rome. There was a purple and saffron striped trabea was worn by the augurs, the priests who performed augury (divination of the omens of the gods). The toga purpura was an all purple trabea which was first worn by Julius Caesar and later by the emperors in ceremonial occasions. The toga pulla was a black or grey toga which was worn for mourning. The pulla preatexta also had a purple border and was worn by the man who the last rites for the deceased. Usually this was a relative. The toga picta was purple and embroidered with gold thread. It was worn by victorious commanders in triumphal parades. The toga candida was a toga artificially whitened with bleach. It was worn by candidates for political office. The toga preatexta. It was also off-white but it had a purple border. It was worn by: Freeborn children prior to puberty. Originally the right to wear this toga was reserved to the sons of patricians (aristocrats). Then it was extended to all freeborn boys as a sign of 'free birth.' Boys stopped wearing the toga praetexta and assumed the toga virilis on the coming of puberty, from the age of 14 to the age of 17. The first wearing of the toga virilis was part of the celebrations on reaching maturity which involved a procession form the Forum to the Capitoline hill. This wearing of the toga virilis was called tirocinium fori, which was an introduction and training for public life. During the Second Punic War the right to wear this toga was also extended to the sons of freedmen, provided that their mother was a patrician. It is known that girls also wore the toga preatexta, but it is uncertain whether they were given this right at the same time as boys or later. They wore it until they got married, upon which, they wore the stolaThe two top magistrates (executive officers of state): the consuls and the praetor; the dictator (an extraordinary officer of state) and the aediles (junior magistrates). It is uncertain whether the other magistrates (censors and quaestors) and the plebeian tribunes also wore this toga.Senators and former officers of state (magistrates), but only for ceremonial occasions.Some priests (e.g., the Flamen Dialis, the s quindecemviri sacris faciundis, the septemviri epulonum)The magistri vicorum on the day of the religious festival of the compitalia, a festival of the wards of Rome. These magistri were selected from the common citizens of the ward to preside over this festival.Magister Collegii, These were the presidents of a collegium or corporation.Roman men also wore a tunic which was also off-white. They could be made of wool or linen. The senators wore the lacticlavia, which had a broad purple strip. The equestrians wore the Angusticlavia, which had narrower purple stripes.


What clothes did Romans's wear?

Roman men wore an undyed woollen toga, which was off-while. Men of distinction wore the toga preatexta or the trabea. The latter had horizontal purple stripes. Originally it was worn by the kings of early Rome. Later it was worn by young equestrians during a parade of men of this rank. The equites were the second highest social rank in Rome. There was a purple and saffron striped trabea was worn by the augurs, the priests who performed augury (divination of the omens of the gods). There was also an all-purple trabea which was first worn by Julius Caesar and later by the emperors.The toga preatexta had a purple border. It was worn by:There was also the toga preatexta. It was off-white (the colour of undyed wool) but it had a purple border. It was worn by:· Freeborn children prior to puberty. Originally the right to war this toga was reserved to the sons of patricians. Then it was extended to all freeborn boys as a sign of 'free birth.' During the Second Punic War the right to war this toga was also extended to the sons of freedmen, provided that their mother was a patrician. It is known that girls also wore the toga preatexta, but it is uncertain whether they were given this right at the same time as boys or later. They wore it until they got married.· The two top magistrates (executive officers of state), the consuls and the praetor, the dictator (an extraordinary officer of state) and the aediles (junior magistrates). It is uncertain whether the other magistrates (censors and quaestors) and the plebeian tribunes also wore this toga.· Former magistrates who led posts entitled to the toga preatexta, but only for ceremonial occasions.· The senators on ceremonial occasions.· Some priests (e.g., the Flamen Dialis, the s quindecemviri sacris faciundis, the septemviri epulonum)· The magistri vicorum on the day of the religious festival of the compitalia, a festival of the wards of Rome. These magistri were selected from the common citizens of the ward to preside over this festival.· Magister Collegii, These were the presidents of a collegium or corporation.The toga pulla was a black or grey toga which was worn for mourning. The toga pulla preatexta also had a purple border and was worn by the man who the last rites for the deceased. Usually this was a relative.Roman men also wore a tunic which was also off-white. The senators wore the lacticlavia, which had a broad purple strip. The equestrians wore the Angusticlavia, which had narrower purple stripes.Roman women wore the stola: two rectangular segments of cloth joined at the side by fibulae and buttons with the garment draping freely over the front. It was fastened around the shoulders by clasps. Two belts were worm. One was below the breasts, which created peats, and the other was around the waist. Most had short sleeves, but some had long sleeves. A tunic which could have long sleeves was worn under the stola. A palla could be won over the stola. This was a sort of shawl made of an oblong piece of material which was draped over the left shoulder, under the right arm, and then over the left arm. It could be with or without hood. 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. They wore a simple tunic (tunica) with a belt at the waist. When they went outside, they wore a second tunic that reached their feet. They also wore a cloak, the paludamentumas protection from the weather. It was fastened at the shoulder with a clasp, called a fibula. A head covering was often attached to it.Roman boys wore a belted tunic which reached to the knees and had short sleeves. In the second century AD the style changed and long sleeves became acceptable. They also wore cloak which was similar to that of girls and was fastened to the shoulder in the same manner.


What did the ancient Romans where back then?

They had many achievements. Like aqueducts and a new system of laws. they also set up a system of walkways and roads. They were one of the past's many over achieved empires. Roman public baths, libraries and sewerage systems and building with arches and domes were engineering feats for their time in history.


What were their clothing in ancient Rome?

Adult Roman male citizens wore an undyed woollen toga (the toga virilis), which was off-white. This was a woollen cloth of perhaps 20 ft. (6 m) in length which was wrapped around the body and was generally worn over a tunic. Men of distinction wore the toga preatexta or the trabea. The latter had horizontal purple stripes. Originally it was worn by the kings of early Rome. Later it was worn by young equites (equestrians, cavalrymen) during a parade of men of this rank (the transvectio equitum). The equites were the second highest social rank in Rome. There was a purple and saffron striped trabea was worn by the augurs, the priests who performed augury (divination of the omens of the gods). The toga purpura was an all purple trabea which was first worn by Julius Caesar and later by the emperors in ceremonial occasions.There was also the toga preatexta. It was also off-white but it had a purple border. It was worn by: · Freeborn children prior to puberty. Originally the right to war this toga was reserved to the sons of patricians (aristocrats). Then it was extended to all freeborn boys as a sign of 'free birth.' Boys stopped wearing the toga praetexta and assumed the toga virilis on the coming of puberty, from the age of 14 to the age of 17. The first wearing of the toga virilis was part of the celebrations on reaching maturity which involved a procession form the Forum to the Capitoline hill. This wearing of the toga virilis was called tirocinium fori, which was an introduction and training for public life. During the Second Punic War the right to war this toga was also extended to the sons of freedmen, provided that their mother was a patrician. It is known that girls also wore the toga preatexta, but it is uncertain whether they were given this right at the same time as boys or later. They wore it until they got married, upon which, they wore the stolaThe two top magistrates (executive officers of state): the consuls and the praetor; the dictator (an extraordinary officer of state) and the aediles (junior magistrates). It is uncertain whether the other magistrates (censors and quaestors) and the plebeian tribunes also wore this toga.Senators and former officers of state (magistrates), but only for ceremonial occasions.Some priests (e.g., the Flamen Dialis, the s quindecemviri sacris faciundis, the septemviri epulonum)· The magistri vicorum on the day of the religious festival of the compitalia, a festival of the wards of Rome. These magistri were selected from the common citizens of the ward to preside over this festival.Magister Collegii, These were the presidents of a collegium or corporation. The toga pulla was a black or grey toga which was worn for mourning. The pulla preatexta also had a purple border and was worn by the man who the last rites for the deceased. Usually this was a relative.The toga picta was purple and embroidered with gold thread. It was worn by victorious commanders in triumphal parades.The toga candida was a toga artificially whitened with bleach. It was worn by candidates for political office.Roman men often only wore a tunic which was also off-white. They could be made of wool or linen. The senators wore the lacticlavia, which had a broad purple strip. The equestrians wore the Angusticlavia, which had narrower purple stripes.Roman women wore the stola: two rectangular segments of cloth joined at the side by fibulae and buttons with the garment draping freely over the front. It was fastened around the shoulders by clasps. Two belts were worm. One was below the breasts, which created peats, and the other was around the waist. Most had short sleeves, but some had long sleeves. A tunic which could have long sleeves was worn under the stola. A pallacould be won over the stola. This was a sort of shawl made of an oblong piece of material which was draped over the left shoulder, under the right arm, and then over the left arm. It could be with or without hood. The stola of richer women could be elaborate and a limbuscould 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. There were fewer restrictions on the dresses of women (by tradition men had to wear undyed togas). Whilst many stola were undyed, they could be almost of any colour. The tunics of women could be brightly coloured and made of lightweight fabrics such as linen or silk. A wide ornamental border (instita) on the lower hem of a white tunic or stola was a marker of wealthThe 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. They wore a simple tunic (tunica) with a belt at the waist. When they went outside, they wore a second tunic that reached their feet. They also wore a cloak, the paludamentum, as protection from the weather. It was fastened at the shoulder with a clasp, called a fibula. A head covering was often attached to it.Roman boys wore a belted tunic which reached to the knees and had short sleeves. In the second century AD the style changed and long sleeves became acceptable. They also wore cloak which was similar to that of girls and was fastened to the shoulder in the same manner.Boys wore the bulla and girls wore the lunula. Was a neck chain with a locket which contained amulets (usually phallic symbols) as a protection against evil spirits. It was made of lead and for the well-off, it was covered in gold. The bulla of rich people was entirely made of gold. Boys stopped wearing the bulla when they turned into adults on their being made citizens around the age of 16. The lanula was also an amulet. It was worn until the eve of the girl's marriage when it was removed and her toys were also taken away.


What were their clothing in the ancient Rome?

Adult Roman male citizens wore an undyed woollen toga (the toga virilis), which was off-white. This was a woollen cloth of perhaps 20 ft. (6 m) in length which was wrapped around the body and was generally worn over a tunic. Men of distinction wore the toga preatexta or the trabea. The latter had horizontal purple stripes. Originally it was worn by the kings of early Rome. Later it was worn by young equites (equestrians, cavalrymen) during a parade of men of this rank (the transvectio equitum). The equites were the second highest social rank in Rome. There was a purple and saffron striped trabea was worn by the augurs, the priests who performed augury (divination of the omens of the gods). The toga purpura was an all purple trabea which was first worn by Julius Caesar and later by the emperors in ceremonial occasions.There was also the toga preatexta. It was also off-white but it had a purple border. It was worn by: · Freeborn children prior to puberty. Originally the right to war this toga was reserved to the sons of patricians (aristocrats). Then it was extended to all freeborn boys as a sign of 'free birth.' Boys stopped wearing the toga praetexta and assumed the toga virilis on the coming of puberty, from the age of 14 to the age of 17. The first wearing of the toga virilis was part of the celebrations on reaching maturity which involved a procession form the Forum to the Capitoline hill. This wearing of the toga virilis was called tirocinium fori, which was an introduction and training for public life. During the Second Punic War the right to war this toga was also extended to the sons of freedmen, provided that their mother was a patrician. It is known that girls also wore the toga preatexta, but it is uncertain whether they were given this right at the same time as boys or later. They wore it until they got married, upon which, they wore the stolaThe two top magistrates (executive officers of state): the consuls and the praetor; the dictator (an extraordinary officer of state) and the aediles (junior magistrates). It is uncertain whether the other magistrates (censors and quaestors) and the plebeian tribunes also wore this toga.Senators and former officers of state (magistrates), but only for ceremonial occasions.Some priests (e.g., the Flamen Dialis, the s quindecemviri sacris faciundis, the septemviri epulonum)· The magistri vicorum on the day of the religious festival of the compitalia, a festival of the wards of Rome. These magistri were selected from the common citizens of the ward to preside over this festival.Magister Collegii, These were the presidents of a collegium or corporation. The toga pulla was a black or grey toga which was worn for mourning. The pulla preatexta also had a purple border and was worn by the man who the last rites for the deceased. Usually this was a relative.The toga picta was purple and embroidered with gold thread. It was worn by victorious commanders in triumphal parades.The toga candida was a toga artificially whitened with bleach. It was worn by candidates for political office.Roman men often only wore a tunic which was also off-white. They could be made of wool or linen. The senators wore the lacticlavia, which had a broad purple strip. The equestrians wore the Angusticlavia, which had narrower purple stripes.Roman women wore the stola: two rectangular segments of cloth joined at the side by fibulae and buttons with the garment draping freely over the front. It was fastened around the shoulders by clasps. Two belts were worm. One was below the breasts, which created peats, and the other was around the waist. Most had short sleeves, but some had long sleeves. A tunic which could have long sleeves was worn under the stola. A pallacould be won over the stola. This was a sort of shawl made of an oblong piece of material which was draped over the left shoulder, under the right arm, and then over the left arm. It could be with or without hood. The stola of richer women could be elaborate and a limbuscould 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. There were fewer restrictions on the dresses of women (by tradition men had to wear undyed togas). Whilst many stola were undyed, they could be almost of any colour. The tunics of women could be brightly coloured and made of lightweight fabrics such as linen or silk. A wide ornamental border (instita) on the lower hem of a white tunic or stola was a marker of wealthThe 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. They wore a simple tunic (tunica) with a belt at the waist. When they went outside, they wore a second tunic that reached their feet. They also wore a cloak, the paludamentum, as protection from the weather. It was fastened at the shoulder with a clasp, called a fibula. A head covering was often attached to it.Roman boys wore a belted tunic which reached to the knees and had short sleeves. In the second century AD the style changed and long sleeves became acceptable. They also wore cloak which was similar to that of girls and was fastened to the shoulder in the same manner.Boys wore the bulla and girls wore the lunula. Was a neck chain with a locket which contained amulets (usually phallic symbols) as a protection against evil spirits. It was made of lead and for the well-off, it was covered in gold. The bulla of rich people was entirely made of gold. Boys stopped wearing the bulla when they turned into adults on their being made citizens around the age of 16. The lanula was also an amulet. It was worn until the eve of the girl's marriage when it was removed and her toys were also taken away.


What did Roman gladiaters wear?

"Dress for a Roman often, if not primarily, signified rank, status, office, or authority. . . . The dress worn by the participants in an official scene had legal connotations. . . . The hierarchic, symbolic use of dress as a uniform or costume is part of Rome's legacy to Western civilization." (Larissa Bouffant. "Introduction." The World of Roman Costume. Ed. Judith Lynn Sebesta and Larissa Bouffant. University of Wisconsin Press, 1994. Pp. 5-6)I. Clothing and Status: Ancient Rome was very much a "face-to-face" society (actually more of an "in your face" society), and public display and recognition of status were an essential part of having status. Much of Roman clothing was designed to reveal the social status of its wearer, particularly for freeborn men. In typical Roman fashion, the more distinguished the wearer, the more his dress was distinctively marked, while the dress of the lowest classes was often not marked at all. In the above diagram, for example, we can deduce that the first man on the left is a Roman citizen (because he wears a toga) but is not an equestrian or senator (because he has no stripes on his tunic). We know that the woman is married because she wears a stola. Colored shoes and the broad stripes on his tunic identify the next man as a senator, while the border on his toga indicates that he has held at least one curule office. The laurel wreath on the head of the next man and his special robes indicate that he is an emperor, while the uniform and cloak of the following man identify him as a general. It is more difficult to determine the exact social status of the two men on the right; their hitched-up tunics indicate that they are lowercase working men, but the two lowest social classes in Rome (freed people and slaves) did not have distinctive clothing that clearly indicated their status. These men could both be freed people (or citizens at work, for that matter); however, the man in the brown tunic is carrying tools and the other man is lighting his way, so we can deduce that the man in the white tunic may be a slave of the other man.Augustus and later emperors emphasized the interaction of dress, social status, and public display when they required official dress at public performances and regulated public seating in the theaters and amphitheaters of Rome. A prominent section was reserved for the male and female members of the imperial family and the 6 Vestal Virgins; the first rows were reserved for senators, the next for male equestrians, the next for male citizens (with women of all classes relegated to the top rows of this section), and the top "standing room only" tiers for the lowest classes. Performers and spectators at these events would thus see a striking visual display of the different status groups in the form of blocks of color created by the different types of togas (the modern film Gladiator recreated this effect in the computer-assisted simulation of the Colosseum).II. Production and Cleaning of Garments: Typically, Roman garments were made of wool. In the early Republic, women spun the fleece into thread and wove the cloth in the home, and doubtless many women of the less wealthy classes continued this practice throughout the history of Rome. By the late Republic, however, upper-class Roman women did not spin and weave themselves (unless, like Livia, they were trying to demonstrate how traditional and upright they were). Instead, slaves did the work within the household or cloth was purchased commercially, and well-to-do Romans could also buy cloth made of linen, cotton, or silk. There were many businesses associated with textiles besides spinning and weaving, including operations such as dyeing (fibers were usually dyed before being spun into thread), processing, and cleaning. Garments were cleaned by fullers (fullones) using chemicals such as sulfur and especially human urine.III. Undergarments: We do not know a great deal about Roman underclothes, but there is evidence that both men and women wore a simple, wrapped loincloth (subligar or subligaculum, meaning "little binding underneath") at least some of the time; male laborers wore the subligar when working, but upper-class men may have worn it only when exercising. Women also sometimes wore a band of cloth or leather to support the breasts (strophium or mamillare). Both these undergarments can be seen on the woman athlete at the left, from a fourth-century CE mosaic; she holds a palm branch signifying that she has been victorious in a contest. (see another scene from this mosaic and an ancient pair of leather "bikini" pants found in Roman Britain.)IV. Footwear: Sandals (soleae, sandalia) with open toes were the proper footwear for wearing indoors. There were many different designs, from the practical (as shown in this model or this foot of a statue) to elegant (as shown in this actual leather woman's thong-style sandal with a gold ornament). Shoes (calcei), which encased the foot and covered the toes, were considered appropriate for outdoors and were always worn with the toga; when visiting, upper-class Romans removed their shoes at the door and slipped on the sandals that had been carried by their slaves. There were many different styles of shoes, and some leather versions have survived, like these shoes (ancient leather shoes on top and modern reconstructions below) and this simple workman's shoe. There were no dramatic gender differences in Roman footwear (unlike the high heels worn by women today), though upper-class males (equestrians, patricians, and senators) wore distinctive shoes that marked their status; the patrician shoes, for example, were red.V. Men's Clothing:THE TUNIC basic tunic(tunica) equestrian tunic(tunica angusticlavia) senatorial tunic(tunica laticlavia)The basic item of male dress was the tunic, made of two pieces of undyed wool sewn together at the sides and shoulders and belted in such a way that the garment just covered the knees. Openings for the arms were left at the top of the garment, creating an effect of short sleeves when the tunic was belted; since tunics were usually not cut in a T-shape, this left extra material to drape under the arm, as can be clearly seen in this statue of a first-century CE orator in tunic and toga. Men of the equestrian class were entitled to wear a tunic with narrow stripes, in the color the Romans called purple but was more like a deep crimson, extending from shoulder to hem, while broad stripes distinguished the tunics of men of the senatorial class. Most ancient statues do not show these stripes, but this wall painting from a lararium in Pompeii depicts both the tunica laticlavia and toga praetexta. As can be seen in the drawing at the top of this page, working men and slaves wore the same type of tunic, usually made of a coarser, darker wool, and they frequently hitched the tunic higher over their belts for freer movement. Sometimes their tunics also left one shoulder uncovered, as depicted in this mosaic of a man named Frucius (whose narrow stripes indicate equestrian rank) being attended by two slaves, Myro and Victor. Slaves were not inevitably dressed in poor clothing, however; Junius, the young kitchen slave depicted in this mosaic, wears a more elegant tunic and a gold neckchain, and the skeleton of a woman was recently found in an area near Pompeii with a quantity of gold jewelry, including a serpent bracelet engraved DOM[I]NUS ANCILLAE SUAE, "from the master to his slave girl." THE TOGAThe toga was the national garment of Rome; in the Aeneid,Virgil has the god Jupiter characterize the Romans as "masters of the earth, the race that wears the toga" (1.282). Only male citizens were allowed to wear the toga. It was made of a large woolen cloth cut with both straight and rounded edges; it was not sewn or pinned but rather draped carefully over the body on top of the tunic. Over time, the size and manner of draping the toga became more elaborate; compare this bronze statue from the beginning of the first century BCE with this statue of a Roman senator or this statue of the emperor Augustus, which clearly illustrate the toga as worn during the late Republic and first centuries of the Empire. As shown in the drawing at left, the cloth was folded lengthwise and partly pleated at the fold, which was then draped over the left side of the body, over the left shoulder, under the right arm, and back up over the left arm and shoulder. It was held in place partly by the weight of the material and partly by keeping the left arm pressed against the body. The large overfold in the front of the body was called a sinus, and part of the material under this was pulled up and draped over the sinus to form the umbo. The back of the toga was pulled over the head for religious ceremonies, as in this statue of Augustus as chief priest (pontifex maximus). It was difficult to put the toga on properly by oneself, and prominent Romans had slaves who were specially trained to perform this function. Togas were costly, heavy, and cumbersome to wear; the wearer looked dignified and stately but would have found it difficult to do anything very active. Citizens were supposed to wear togas for all public occasions (here, for example, is a man being married in a toga), but by the beginning of the Empire Augustus had to require citizens to wear the toga in the Forum. This fresco from a building outside Pompeii is a rare painted depiction of Roman men wearing togae praetextae participating in a religious ceremony, probably the Compitalia; the dark crimson (Roman purple) color of their toga borders can clearly be seen.The color of the toga was significant, marking differences in age and status:toga virilis also called toga pura: unadorned toga in the off-white color of the undyed wool that was worn by adult male citizenstoga praetexta: off-white toga with a broad purple border shown in the right-hand drawing. The only adults allowed to wear this toga were curule magistrates (curule aedile and above).toga pulla: toga made of dark-colored wool worn during periods of mourningtoga candida: artificially whitened toga worn by candidates for political officetoga picta: purple toga embroidered with gold thread worn by a victorious general during a triumphal parade and later adopted by emperors for state occasions. A variant of this costume was the toga purpura, an all-purple toga worn by the early kings and possibly adopted by some emperorsMale children of the upper classes also had distinctive dress for formal occasions. All freeborn citizen boys were entitled to wear a bulla (see below). On formal occasions, boys also wore the toga praetexta, possibly over a striped tunic; in theory all freeborn citizen boys could wear this garment, but because of its expense it generally indicated that the wearer belonged to the upper class (see these boys on the Ara Pacis and this statue of the future emperor Nero wearing a bulla and an elaborately draped toga). At the age of 14-16, boys laid aside the bordered toga during their coming-of-age ceremony (usually celebrated on the feast of the Liberalia, March 17) and ceremonially donned the toga virilis.Although women had apparently worn togas in the early years of Rome, by the middle of the Republican era the only women who wore togas were common prostitutes. Unlike men, therefore, women had an item of clothing that symbolized lack of (or loss of) respectability-the toga. While the toga was a mark of honor for a man, it was a mark of disgrace for a woman. Prostitutes of the lowest class, the street-walker variety, were compelled to wear a plain toga made of coarse wool to announce their profession, and there is some evidence that women convicted of adultery might have been forced to wear "the prostitute's toga" as a badge of shame.Jewelry: Propriety demanded that adult male citizens wear only one item of jewelry, a personalized signet ring that was used to make an impression in sealing wax in order to authorize documents. Originally made of iron, these signet rings later came to be made of gold, like the ring at left, whose carnelian sealstone depicts a tragic actor holding a mask (see this large bronze signet ring from Herculaneum with the letters of the owner's name in reverse, for stamping on wax: M[arci] PILI PRIMIG[genii] GRANIANI.). The reverse lettering on this gold signet ring from the third century CE says CORINTHIA VIVAT, "may Corinthia live" or "long live Corinthia." Other rings with a practical function were actually keys (see also this bronze ring with a more elaborate key), perhaps to the gentleman's strongbox. Literary evidence indicates that some Roman men ignored propriety and wore numerous rings as well as brooches to pin their Greek-style cloaks (like this silver pin with symbols of victory-a winged goddess with an eagle, laurel crown, and palm branch). Before the age of manhood, Roman boys wore a bulla, a neckchain and round pouch containing protective amulets (usually phallic symbols), and the bulla of an upper-class boy would be made of gold. See this terra-cotta statue of a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and wearing a bulla, and this statue of a proud mother pointing to her son in his toga and bulla (the facial features and hairstyles indicate that this statue probably represents Agrippina the Younger and her son Nero). Boys sometimes wore small gold rings carved with a phallus for good luckHairstyles:During the middle and late Republic and into the early Empire, Roman men wore their hair short and were clean shaven, even though the process of shaving was uncomfortable and frequently resulted in cuts and scratches. Emperors, however, became style setters. The emperor Nero (54-68 CE) affected a more elaborate hairstyle with curls framing his face and later added sideburns, which can also be seen on his coins. Hadrian (117-138 CE) was the first emperor to adopt a short beard, and many men, no doubt grateful to escape the ordeal of shaving, followed his example. After his reign, in fact, beards became quite common among Roman men.Continue with Roman Clothing, Part II for information on women's clothing, hairstyles, and jewelry.