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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.
The toga was considered Rome's "national costume," privileged to Roman citizens but for day-to-day activities most Romans preferred more casual, practical and comfortable clothing; the tunic, in various forms, was the basic garment for all classes, both sexes and most occupations. It was usually made of linen, and was augmented as necessary ...
The toga candida, an especially whitened toga, was worn by political candidates. Prostitutes wore the toga muliebris, rather than the tunics worn by most women. The toga pulla was dark-colored and worn for mourning, while the toga purpurea, of purple-dyed wool, was worn in times of triumph and by the Roman emperor.
Palla (garment) a long rectangular piece of cloth, folded in half lengthwise and used as a cloak by Roman women. Chitons; Togas a very long length of woolen fabric that Romans wrapped around themselves, draping it over the left shoulder and arm and leaving the right arm free. Himation an ancient Greek garment similar to the Roman toga.
The formula togatorum ("list of toga-wearers") was a schedule kept in Rome that listed the various military obligations that Rome's Italian allies were required to supply to Rome in times of war.
Togatus Barberini is a Roman marble sculpture from around the first-century AD [1] that depicts a full-body figure, referred to as a togatus, holding the heads of deceased ancestors in either hand. [2] It is housed in the Centrale Montemartini in Rome, Italy (formerly in the Capitoline Museums). [1]
Picture of an equestrian dressed in his rank toga and tunic, the angusticlavia. In ancient Rome, an angusticlavia, angusticlavus or angustus clavus was a narrow-strip tunic (tunica) with two narrow vertical Tyrian purple stripes (clavi, singular clavus). The tunic was typically worn under the toga with the right side stripe visible. [1]
Trabea (pl.: trabeae) is the name of various pieces of Roman clothing. A distinct feature of all trabeae was their color – usually red or purple.They were formed like a toga and possibly in some cases like a mantle and worn by more distinguished members of Roman society.