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2. Stola - Wikipedia

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   The stola (Classical Latin: [ˈst̪ɔ.ɫ̪a]) (pl. stolae) was the traditional garment of Roman women, corresponding to the toga that was worn by men. [1] It was also called vestis longa in Latin literary sources, [ 2 ] pointing to its length.

3. Clothing in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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   Clothing in ancient Rome generally comprised a short-sleeved or sleeveless, knee-length tunic for men and boys, and a longer, usually sleeved tunic for women and girls. On formal occasions, adult male citizens could wear a woolen toga , draped over their tunic, and married citizen women wore a woolen mantle, known as a palla , over a stola , a ...

4. Palla (garment) - Wikipedia

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   Statue of Livia Drusilla wearing a stola and palla.. The palla was an elegant cloak or mantle that was wrapped around the body. It was worn outside the house by (affluent) Roman women.

5. Toga - Wikipedia

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   Statue of the Emperor Tiberius showing a draped toga of the 1st century AD. The toga (/ ˈ t oʊ ɡ ə /, Classical Latin: [ˈt̪ɔ.ɡa]), a distinctive garment of Ancient Rome, was a roughly semicircular cloth, between 12 and 20 feet (3.7 and 6.1 m) in length, draped over the shoulders and around the body.

6. History of cleavage - Wikipedia

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   Women wore an apodesmos, [14] later stēthodesmē, [15] mastodesmos [16] and mastodeton, [17] all meaning "breast-band", a band of wool or linen that was wrapped across the breasts and tied or pinned at the back. [18] [19] Roman women wore breast-bands during sport, such as those shown on the Coronation of the Winner mosaic (also known as the ...

7. Pallium (Roman cloak) - Wikipedia

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   Pallium over a chiton. The pallium was a Roman cloak.It was similar in form to the palla, which had been worn by respectable Roman women since the mid-Republican era. [1] It was a rectangular length of cloth, [2] as was the himation in ancient Greece.