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  2. Clothing in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Clothing in ancient Rome generally comprised a short-sleeved or sleeveless, knee-length tunic for men and boys, and a longer, usually sleeved tunic for women and girls. On formal occasions, adult male citizens could wear a woolen toga, draped over their tunic, and married citizen women wore a woolen mantle, known as a palla, over a stola, a ...

  3. Toga - Wikipedia

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    The toga ( / ˈtoʊɡə /, Classical Latin: [ˈt̪ɔ.ɡa] ), a distinctive garment of ancient Rome, was a roughly semicircular cloth, between 12 and 20 feet (3.7 and 6.1 m) in length, draped over the shoulders and around the body. It was usually woven from white wool, and was worn over a tunic. In Roman historical tradition, it is said to have ...

  4. Ancient Roman military clothing - Wikipedia

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    Caligae, heavy-soled military shoes or sandals which were worn by Roman legionary soldiers and auxiliaries throughout the history of the Roman Republic and Empire. The paludamentum, a cloak or cape fastened at one shoulder, worn by military commanders and (less often) by their troops. Ordinary soldiers wore a sagum instead of a paludamentum.

  5. Stola - Wikipedia

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    The stola was a staple of fashion in ancient Rome spanning from the early Roman Republic until the beginning of the 2nd century CE. The garment was first identified on statues by Margarete Bieber. [4] The first evidence of the stola / vestis longa dates to the 3rd century BCE, but the form of the garment is common in the Mediterranean world and ...

  6. Clothing in the ancient world - Wikipedia

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    Roman clothing took on symbolic meaning for later generations. Roman armour, particularly the muscle cuirass, has symbolized amazing power. In Europe during the Renaissance (15th and 16th centuries AD), painters and sculptors sometimes depicted rulers wearing pseudo-Roman military attire, including the cuirass, military cloak, and sandals.

  7. Palla (garment) - Wikipedia

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    The palla was a traditional ancient Roman mantle worn by women, fastened by brooches. The shape was rectangular instead of semi-circular, as with the traditional toga . [5] The garment dates to the 3rd century BC, [6] but the type of dress must be much older. [1]

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