- Underwear coma was not such, the Romans when they were cold, wrapped her legs with a bandage. Some way to secure and enhance used the mamillare chest or pectoralis fascia (a type of tissue strip). Others had the strophium, soft leather strap holding his chest like a corset. Women of high society rich or used a kind of net made of gold or silver wire to hold the breasts on the big occasions, nipples and areolas were painted with gold, silver or red. - Pants were considered an article of barbarians, but strangely during the wars in Hispania of the Romans adopted the braccae Celtiberians (shorts). - When the gown was the only garment the Romans used underwear, called subleague, country or cinctus, a species of white trousers. With this short time came to be used only by the comedians, athletes and farmers. The Romans were very cold when they used to put two or three robes. The Emperor Augustus was so chilly that was to carry four layers.
Women wore a shirt, and over a stola, was a kind of long robe much like the Greek chiton (a kind of long dress with sleeves) and girdled at the waist with a belt. Over this put a palla, rectangular woolen cloak that covered the shoulders and sometimes the head (also called GREAT MAN, was similar to himation GREEK. Beneath the robe had a kind of sleeveless blouse and a strophium, that was a soft leather strap tied under the bosom. Neither young nor respectable women were covered with a robe, because it was a symbol of adultery or that he worked as a prostitute.
They liked to go out full of jewelry and adornments, those found in various excavations are delicately carved.
The headdress was very important. DORIC
-robe, wool cloth or linen rectangular shape with a fold initial apotygma, which is on the chest and back as a "overskirt. Was attached to the shoulders with brooches and clung to the waist by a belt, which was also used to adjust the length of the suit. Could be decorated with friezes and pictures varied. Peplum
Ionian chiton also called, was a linen dress, more elaborate and proper upper-class women. It consisted of a longer piece of fabric, but less high than the Doric, since there is no "overskirt. Was attached to the shoulders by a series of brooches and two belts, one around the waist and another at the hips, which served to shorten or lengthen the dress at will.
the chiton
The most popular piece of clothing and daily for men and women, made of linen or wool. It consists of a rectangular piece of cloth, which can be in one piece or sewn on the side, attached to the shoulders by brooches and girded with a belt. Was usually short, but senior figures from politics or religion brought them to the foot long. Exomis
like chiton, was fastened at one shoulder, leaving bare the right arm, thus allowing greater freedom of movement.
the himation
part very long semicircular shape. Their placement was varied, but almost always left open the right shoulder and part of the body: could be hanging from the left shoulder to the ankle while the other side around the back and collected on the same shoulder, or they could collect apron with the left arm was immobilized, was also used as a veil covering the head. It carried only on the naked body or on the chiton or peplum, and it had both male and female. THE ROBE
is a rectangular layer of fine wool, fastened with a brooch around her neck. It was a mantle own kings when he was decorated with colorful bark or presented, but also a traveling cloak or military, when it was drawn up with coarser and duller colors
were other types of garments that women tended to use wealthy, and could be of linen or wool. Received the generic name of lighthouses and consisted of a rectangular piece of cloth, as long as wide and could be fastened with brooches or simply was dropped on his shoulders.
THE STOL and the Pall
The suit was stola women married Roman subucula wore on, it was down to his feet and girded with a cord around the hips and with a belt under the breasts, the area. It is said that could be decorated with a purple band, in post-classical era was replaced by the tunic dalmatica, an elaborate gown also came to use men instead of the toga.
the Pall was a mantle himation evolution of Greek women used when out in public, usually covering the head.
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