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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.
The shape was rectangular instead of semi-circular, as with the traditional toga. [5] The garment dates to the 3rd century BC, [6] but the type of dress must be much older. [1] In Latin literature, the term palla is used ambiguously. [7]
The toga virilis ("toga of manhood") was a semi-elliptical, white woolen cloth some 6 feet (1.8 m) in width and 12 feet (3.7 m) in length, draped across the shoulders and around the body. It was usually worn over a plain white linen tunic. A commoner's toga virilis was
Toga candida: "Bright toga"; a toga rubbed with chalk to a dazzling white, worn by candidates (from Latin candida, "pure white") for public office. [11] Thus Persius speaks of a cretata ambitio, "chalked ambition". Toga candida is the etymological source of the word candidate. Toga pulla: a "dark toga" was supposed to be worn by mourners at ...
The Ionic chiton could also be made from linen or wool and was draped without the fold and held in place from neck to wrist by several small pins or buttons.. Herodotus states the dress of the women in Athens was changed from the Doric peplos to the Ionic chiton after the widows of the men killed on military expedition to Aegina stabbed and killed the sole survivor with their peplos pins, each ...
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Stola was the traditional garment of Roman women, corresponding to the toga worn by men. Stola may also refer to: Stola (automotive company), an Italian automotive company founded in 1919; Štôla, village in Slovakia; Dariusz Stola, a professor of history at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences
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