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Toga, male civil suit in Rome
We told you how dressed de romans.
The national dress of the Romans was the toga. Under the toga, they wore subligaculum or licinum, undergarment knotted at the waist. The athletes wore in public but the workers should be placed a tunic above.
The tunic (khiton Greek) was a linen shirt or whool made from two rectangular pieces sewn, which is going through his head and held at the waist with a belt.
Curiously, Julius Caesar took fringes fabric on the sleeves of his robe.
At first was narrow toga, wrapped shoulders and right arm, but it was becoming very wide, so it was difficult to put on and drape without the help of his wife or a slave. He became to measuring 6-7 meters wide and 2-3 high. It was so impractical and it was soon replaced by more simple garments.
The toga were also used by the soldiers who were leaving aside in battle because of their discomfort, but it had other advantages as form a pallet or blanket for cold weather.
During the Republic, the toga distinguishes the population, depending on their color. So toga virilis, white and unadorned, used by the Romans from 17 years. Praetexta toga worn by children and magistrates. Candida toga worn by candidates for public offices, was whitened with chalk for a bright tone. Pictish or purple toga adorned with gold thread and ornaments, was used by the generals in parades and later by emperors in public events. This toga, in the most ancient times, was the purple toga, white and purple or completely purple. The pulla was the toga mourning, made with black wool and finally, muliebris toga was used by prostitutes or adulterers.
In the second century, the people abandoned the use of the toga, too big for the practices of common life, replacing it with garments easier to carry.
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