HECOL268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Toga, Henna
13 Jul 2018
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Roman probably the most successful empire ever - the rst cosmopolitan culture ever. Classes of clothing for the romans inductus - garment that you put on, ip over the head, sewn together. Amictus - garments that are wrapped around you, such as the toga, could be rectangular or circular. Pura or viriles - plain white, undecorated wool - worn after age 16 by men. Candida - bleached even whiter - worn by political candidates. Praetexta - with purple boarder - worn by sons and daughters of nobles (until age 16) purple comes from a snail that only gives a little drop - expensive. Pulla - black or dark coloured - worn for mourning. Picta - purple with gold embroidery - worn on special occasions by distinguished people, emperor. Trabea - striped, multicoloured - patterned, worn by religious and other important of cials. Military wear uniform that roman armies wore while colonizing different places.
