Customs: Roman Attire Flashcards
What is the difference between indutus and amictus clothing?
indutus clothing is simply put on (like a tunic)
amictus clothing is wrapped around (like a toga)
synthesis
bright dinner garment worn to banquets
lacerna
woolen cloak
endromis
bathrobe; robe worn after exercise
caliga
boot worn by soldiers
What type of toga had a purple border and was worn by boys and curule magistrates?
toga praetexta
Who would wear tunica angusti clavi (tunic with a narrow border)?
knights
sinus
fold in a toga used as a pocket
What type of toga was painted crimson and was worn by generals during their triumph?
toga picta
armilla
bracelet
What type of toga did most men wear after their Liberalia?
toga virilis/pura/libera
bracae
shorts/breeches
What type of toga was black and worn by mourners at funerals?
toga pulla
cinctus Gabinus
way of wearing the toga over the head for religious reasons
paenula
a rain coat with a hood
stola
woman’s dress
paludamentum
a general’s cloak
fibula
brooch/pin
anulus
ring
abolla
heavy woolen cloak worn by poor people for sharing
sagum
heavy military cloak
palla
shawl
calceus
regular leather shoe worn with the toga
zona/cingulum
girdle/belt
petasus
broad brimmed hat
subligaculum
underwear
margarita
pearl
pilleus
conical hat worn by laborers and freedmen
Who would wear tunica lati clavi (tunic with a wide border)?
senators
mulleus
red shoe worn by curule magistrates
cucullus
hood
solea
sandal (or slipper) worn indoors except during meals
