A | B |
stola | was worn by married woman |
Senator's distinctions | colored shoes & broad stripes on a tunic |
fullones | What cleaned garments with sulfur and urine |
subligar or subligaculum | loincloth or "underwear" |
strophium or mamillare | woman's breast support |
soleae or sandalia | sandals with open toes for indoors |
calcei | shoes that encased the foot and covered the toes - for outdoors |
tunica | basic item of male dress for commoners |
tunica angusticlavia | tunic with narrow purple stripes - the equestrian tunic |
tunica laticlavia | tunic with broad purple stripes - the senatorial tunic |
sinus | the large overfold of a toga in front of the body |
umbo | the small fold laying over the top of the SINUS. |
toga cloth used a hood : WHEN? | at a religious ceremony (e.g. by a pontifex maximus) |
toga virilis or toga pura | unadorned toga in the off-white color of the undyed wool worn by adult male citizens |
toga praetexta | off-white toga with a broad purple border worn by curule magistrates and upper-class Roman children -especially boys. |
toga virilis | received by a boy at the coming of age party (14-16) |
toga pulla | toga made of dark-colored wool during periods of mourning |
toga candida | artificially whitened toga worn by "candidates" for political office |
toga picta | purple toge embroidered with gold thread and worn by a victorious general during a triumphal parade or by (in later times) emperors for state occasions. |
a woman dressed in a toga | was considered a disgrace for most prostitutes wore a common toga. |
bulla | a large round locket for boys |
peplos tunic | for women : made of two rectangular pieces of cloth partially sewn together forming a sleeveless dress. |
chiton tunic | tunic for women : formed from two wide pieces of cloth; nearly sewn together, leaving only armholes. The most common tunic for women. |
palla | a long rectangular cloak worn by respectable women outside. |
ornatrix | hairdresser |
fibula | a type of Roman jewelry that resembles the design of the modern safety pin. |
aurei | gold coins often made into jewelry |
campestre | leather apron used in wrestling |
cintus | girdle or common apron |
dalmatica tunica | later form of the tunic that had long sleeves and was mostly worn by wealthy women |
synthesis | a sort of dressing gown sometimes worn (instead of a toga) at dinner parties and in private |
clavus | the purple stripe on a tunic |
latus clavus | the purple stripe on a tunic denoting a senator |
angustus clavus | the purple stripe on a tunic marking the equestrian order |
tunica palmata | a tunice embroidered with palm leaves - worn by an emperor during his triumph or at other very exceptional occassions. |
institia | the purple stripe that lined the edge of a stola. |
lacerna | at first a military cloak, but eventually a middle class cloak. |
paenula | a simple cloak with a hole for the head |
paenula scortae | a simple cloak made of leather |
paenula guasapina | a simple cloak made of thick wool |
laena or duplex | a thick, round cloak that was folded and generally of heavy material |
brightly colored laena | a laena worn by the wealthy |
dark colored laena | a laena worn by the poor |
socci | indoor slippers |
pero | a piece of leather wrapped around the foot |
caliga | military sandal |
sculponea | a wooden cog, worn only by poor peasants and slaves |
toga exigua | the simple toga of the late republic |
vestiplicus | the slave who draped the togas for their masters |
toga trabea | the striped and "hooded" toga for augurs and priests |
calcei mullei | boots -distinguished by their red color- for senators |
calcei patricii | boots -marked by their closed uppers and long tongue- for Roamn nobles |
calcei muliebres | boots for women - often made of thinner and softer leather that was colored. |
calceolii | a small shoe or half boot usually for women |
calcei repandi | pointed-toed shoes |