Roman Attire Flashcards
What was the term for clothes that are put on?
Indutus
What was the brides tunic?
Tunica recta
What was the knights tunic, “tunic with a narrow border”?
Tunica angusti clavi
What was a senatorial tunic, “tunic with a wide border”?
Tunica lati clavi
What was the short-sleeved or sleeveless tunic?
Tunica dalmatica
What was the long-sleeved tunic?
Tunica manicata
What tunic reached the ankles?
Tunica talaris
What was the under-tunic or underwear?
Subucula or tunica interior
What was a womens full dress?
Stola
What was a womans shawl?
Palla
What is the word for clothing that is wrapped?
Amictus
What toga was worn by children and magistrates?
Toga praetexta
What was the regular toga worn by all men?
Toga virilis / pura / libera
What toga was chalked-white and worn by candidates running for political office?
Toga candida
What dark and dirtied toga was worn by men in mourning?
Toga pulla
What collored or painted toga was worn by victorious generals?
Toga picta
What was a short and simple toga?
toga exigua
What were the bright dinner garments worn to a banquets?
Synthesis or Vestis cenatoria
What was the bathrobe or robe used to exercise?
Endromis
What regular tied shoe was made of leather and was always worn with a toga?
Calceus
What was a sandal or slipper?
Sandalium
What was the sandal or slipper that was only worn in the house?
Solea
What sandals were only made of one piece of leather?
Carbatina
What were the boot worn by soldiers?
Caliga
What were the thick-soled shoes with an open ankle and wide straps worn by senators?
Calceus senatorius
What were the red shoes with an ivory if silver crescent moon worn by magistrates?
Mulleus or Calceus patricius
What shoes had untanned black leather worn by poor people and equites?
Perones
What were the wooden shoes worn by peasants?
Sculponeae
What shoes had a sole that was not hobnailed: the upper part was separate and made of leather?
Soccus
What was the fine leather used to make shoes?
Aluta
What was a ring?
Anulud
What was a necklace?
Monile or Torquis
What was a bracelet?
Armilla
What were pearls?
Margarita
What was the crown worn by men at a drinking party put on right before the throwing of the dice?
Corona convivalis
What was the cap of a freedman?
Pilleus
What was the broadrimmed hat?
petasus
What was the pointy hat worn by the flamines?
Apex
What was a wig?
Capillamentum
What was underwear?
Subligaculum
What was the soft leather worn under the breast by women, a bra?
Mamillare
What was another type of bra?
Strophium
What was the girdle worn around the waist?
Zona or Cingulum
what was a brooch or pin used by women to keep their tunic in place?
Fibula
What was a wide border sewn to lower the hem of a stola?
Instita
What were strips of woolen cloth?
Fasciae
What were the strips worn around the upper leg?
Feminalia
What were the strips worn around the lower leg?
Tibialia
What were the strips worn around the body?
Ventalia
What were the strips worn around the neck?
Focalia
What were ribbons?
Vittae / Taeniae / Fasciolae
What were nets?
Reticula
What was linen or cotten?
Carbasus
What were clothes made of a mixture of linen and silk?
Vestes sericae?
Under what Emperor was silk first used?
Tiberius
What was a common cloak made of wool?
Lacerna
What was the term for hood?
Cucullus
Which Emporer forbade the use of the lacerna in public?
Augustus
What was the military cape or cloak worn by augurs?
Trabea
What was the common heavy military cloak?
Sagum
What was the generals cloak?
Paludamentum
What was a rain coat with a hood?
Paenula
What was the heavy woolen cloak?
Laena
What was the heavy woolen cloak worn by poor people to share?
Abolla
What were the breeches or shorts worn by foreign and uncivilized people?
Bracae
What was a way of wearing the toga over the head for religious reasons?
Cinctus Gabinus
