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Flashcards by Naomi Dale, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Naomi Dale
over 5 years ago
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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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