Dress Flashcards
How long would a male senator tunic be?
Up to kneelenght
What color is a male senator tunic
Purple
What does a male senator wear his tunic over, on official occasions
His toga
How many slaves were usually required back then to wear a toga
Two to three
Type of toga
Most Romans
Toga virillis
Describe
Toga virillis
A plain white toga
Type of toga
Senator/boys(until they are 16)
Toga praetexta
Describe
Toga praexta
A white toga with purple edging
Why was purple considered a royalty color back then
Due to it’s rarity and price, with Tyrian purple dye, only being able to made with snail shells
What did woman/girls wear inside back in Anicent Rome
A simple sleveless white tunic and over the tunic, a stola-a long flounced dress, gridled at the waist and reaching to her ankles.
What did woman/girls wear outside back in Anicent Rome
The same as worn inside, but she aslo adds the palla, a piece of material like the toga and draped around the body in the same way.
What did children wear on their necks
A bulla/lucky charm
Dispoal of bulla
Girls
When they got married
Dispoal of bulla
Boys
At 16, in which they aslo burned the frist scraping of their beards, as a sarcrifice to the household Gods
What was the most common hair style in anicnent rome
Bald
