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The Toga
The toga was the national garment of
Rome, only male citizens were able to
wear the toga.
The toga 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.
The large over fold 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.
The toga was worn often during state
occasions. Consuls and senators wore a
toga edged with purple. Some roman
senators wore white toga’s that were ten
m long. Some emperors togas were made
entirely from either purple or black cloth.
Black togas, though, were usually only
worn in times of mourning.
The color of the toga was significant,
marking differences in age and status.
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The tunic was worn by plebians (common
people), herdsmen and slaves was made
from a coarse dark material. The tunic
worn by patricians was made from white
wool or linen. Magistrates wore the tunic
Augusticlavia, and senators wore a tunic
with broad strips, tunica Laticlavia.
Military tunics were shorter than those
worn by civilians.
The clothing that the Roman slaves wore
were very dirty and was mostly made out
of rags.It was made up on of a two piece
tunic.
When the slaves wore their clothing they
had only one piece of clothing which they
had to were over and over again and the
clothing of the slaves will be very dirty
and smelly.
• At the time of her marriage, the
Roman woman donned the stola, a
long, sleeveless tunic, frequently if
not always suspended at the
shoulders from short straps, which
was worn on top of another tunic.
• It is probable that the stola was
typically made of undyed wool.
• The stola was a symbol of marriage,
and by the late Republic all women
married according to Roman law were
entitled to wear it. Not all did, of
course, since it was not a particularly
fashionable or flattering garment, but
wearing the stola was a way for a
woman to publicly proclaim her
respectability and loyalty to tradition.
• Footwear also defined a person's position in society.
• Women wore closed shoes that were either white, green or
yellow.
• Men wore sandals. Patricians wore red sandals with an
ornament at the back.
• Senators wore brown footwear with black straps which
wound round the leg to mid-calf, where the straps were
tied.
• Consuls wore white shoes, and soldiers, heavy boots.
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Women, in Rome, just
as in any other
civilization to this day,
wore far more elaborate
hairstyles than their
men.
Young women simply
gathered their hair into
a bun at the back of the
neck, or coiled it into a
knot a the top of the
head.
Married women's
hairstyles were more
complicated.
False hair, wigs, hair
lotions and dyes were
all known to the
Romans
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Early Roman jewelry
resembled Greek and
Etruscan jewelry, but
Roman styles eventually
developed.
The Romans were fond of
coloured stones such as
topaz, emeralds, rubies
and sapphires. Pendants,
especially cameos in gold
frames, were popular.