Toga

The Roman toga was seen as a rite of passage and citizenship that varied in limitation of wearer within Roman tradition over different periods. The toga in its origins was worn and available to all until gradually becoming a garment only being associated with men. The toga was worn by boys reaching manhood while girls were allowed to wear the toga before their puberty. The male profession that togas were most associated with was orators and the Roman government members. Women and men were both allowed to wear the toga in early Roman tradition although limitations of age and profession did exist it wasn’t until the Imperial period that women weren’t allowed to wear it. This stereotype of the toga as a manly garment was developed within Roman…

Clothing for men and women were very similar. The toga was first worn by women as well as men. There are many different types of togas, some of the togas worn by women were the pulla and praetexta. The pulla was a dark toga worn strictly in times of mourning. The praetexta toga was an off white with a broad purple border. The married women wore a different robe, called a stola. The stola has a broad borer or fringe reaching the feet. Fashion of the various times also indicated how much makeup,…

would risk their lives for looking good in public. Another example of the impact fashion made was with the Emperor’s. In fact many of the fashion trends made in Rome were started by the Emperor himself. As it states in the article “Roman Clothing” it says, “Emperors, however, became style setters” (vroma). Since the Emperor's were looked up to by the people, they followed not only their leadership but also their style. Like today, people cared about how they looked in public to show their wealth…

A Roman could tell how wealthy a person was from their toga, a national garment of Rome (“Clothing in Ancient Roman”; “Roman Clothing”). After the 2nd century BC, togas were only worn by free male citizens; women seen wearing togas were marked as provocative (“Roman Clothing”; “Clothing in Ancient Roman”). The toga was made from white wool or white Egyptian linen and was rectangular and worn draped around the body (“Roman Clothing”). The differentiation between rich and poor was made through the…

Roman Trade Roman regional and international trade was a common. A mix of state control and a free market economy made positive goods produced in one location could be exported far away and nearby. Cereals, wine and olive oil were exported in huge quantities while in the other direction came large imports of gold, marble, and spices. Romans over time developed a more intelligent economy after the production of an agricultural surplus, population movement and urban growth, national expansion,…

The beginning It all started when the Romans overthrew the Etruscan conquistadors in 509 B.C.E. The Etruscans had controlled Romans for hundreds of years. Once free the Romans made a republic, a government, where the citizens elected representatives to debate on their behalf. Citizen After the Romans broke free of the Etruscans, then made a republic and all men over 15 who were from the original tribes of Rome became citizens. Citizens of Rome perceived themselves from slaves and non-citizens…

This could be called “Romanization”, although it’s more defined as the emulation of a culture, where a person fully takes on one culture while partially or fully ignoring another . Augustus had given cloaks and togas to people in Puteoli, having stated, “Romans should use the Greek dress and language and the Greeks the Roman” (Suet. Aug. 98). With this event and statement, Augustus was proclaiming his appreciation of Greek art, language and culture and felt that Greece should have done the same…

Men wore clothes known as togas in Roman culture. The togas depicted a man’s social status based on the colour and patterns on his toga. Only men who were of Roman decent and of high social standing were allowed to wear togas, the more skin that was covered the higher their social standing. Men were viewed as the masters of their private realm as well as of main importance in the public realm. In a way men could have two identities: one being their job in the public world, the next a family man.…

My idea for the Macbeth interpretation was Roman Era Macbeth, a world where emperors where power hungry rulers and the people around them suffered from it. It was a time where money and power lead people to their misery and desolation. The cinematic look and feel is very self-explanatory, since the Roman Empire had its specific look. The costume design will consist of togas, crowns, jewelry and strap on shoes. This look will mostly be for the ones in higher power compared to the lower class. The…

citizenship in 212 CE. When all of these classes obtained Roman citizenship, they merged and became all common people of Rome. The Commoners of Rome had to work every day of their lives to make sure they put bread on the table. In the book, Popular Culture in Ancient Rome, Jerry Toner exclaims on page 19 “You are what you earned.” Earlier in the paragraph, Toner suggests that common people obsessed with striving to get the best job and fight against a prejudice about their low origins. The…