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Question | Answer |
subligar/ subligaria | loincloth |
clavi | broad purple bands on the tunics of emperors and senators |
significance of purple | purple came from a special type of snail and was not cheap at all |
Augurs | tell the future by cutting open a bird and reading its insides |
purpose of toga | the cloth was never pinned forcing you to present yourself in a formal way to prevent the toga from falling |
pallium | a broad rectangle of ornamental fabric that draped around te shoulders and crossed in the front (replaced the toga by the end of the empire) |
strophium | breast band |
Roman Civilization Lifespan | 7th century BC to the 4th century AD |
what was the Roman empire before it was an empire | a republic |
toga candida | died white and worn when presenting oneself in front of office |
palla | over tunics, draped shawl or scarf |
stolla | worn by free married women |
bulla | locket worn by young boys to protect them against the evil eye |
Pax Romana | Roman Peace |
Pater Familias | the oldest male member of a Roman Household |
Toga Pulla | black or dark colored toga |
toga picta | purple with gold embroidery |
toga trabea | multicolored, striped toga |
gynaeceum | workshop in Rome made specifically for weaving fabric |
indutus | "put on" garments |
amictus | "wrapped around" garments |
paenula | heavy wool cloak, semicircular in shape, closed at the front, with a hood |
lacerna | rectangular, with rounded corners and a hood |
laena | circle of cloth folded to a semicircle that was thrown over the shoulders and pinned at the front |
Birrus | resembling a modern, hooded poncho, cut full and with an opening through which the head was slipped |
paludamentum | large white or purple cloak similar to the Greek chlamys, worn by emperors or generals |
insita | distinctive dress of a Roman matron |
vitta | a woolen band used to bind hair |
sundarium | used for wiping off perpsiration |
orarium | slightly larger version of a sundarium |
mappa | table napkin that you carried around for yourself |
abolla | a folded rectangle fastening on the right shoulder |
synthesis | garment worn by men at dinner parties |
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