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2. 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.

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. 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 ...

5. Gambeson - Wikipedia

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   A gambeson (similar to the aketon, padded jack, pourpoint, or arming doublet) is a padded defensive jacket, worn as armour separately, or combined with mail or plate armour. Gambesons were produced with a sewing technique called quilting that produced a padded cloth.

6. Abolla - Wikipedia

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   Roman women also wore a version of the abolla by at least the imperial period. [ 1 ] The abolla was, however, not confined to military occasions, but was also worn in the city. [ 2 ]

7. Women in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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   Online Companion to the Worlds of Roman Women. WomenintheAncientWorld.com (2005). Dr. Susan Martin, Private Lives and Public Personae, 1997. WomenintheAncientWorld.com (2005). Moya K. Mason, Ancient Roman Women: A Look at their Lives. Essay on the lives of Roman women. "Wife-beating in Ancient Rome": an article by Joy Connolly in the TLS, April ...