![]() ![]() Usually the toga spanned between 2 ½ and 3 meters long (though apparently up to 5 ½ metres long in some cases) and at its widest point it will have been up to 2 metres wide. It was along the straight edge the purple stripe of a senator’s toga praetexta ran. Through experiments historians have concluded that the vast blanket took the form of a semi circle. There were some old families with ancient ancestry who insisted on continuing the tradition of dressing without a tunic, but their fellow Romans understood them somewhat eccentric.īasically the toga was a large blanket, draped over the body, leaving one arm free. If in the early days the toga was worn directly on the naked body, then later a simple tunic was added, tied at the waist with a belt. Foreigners, or even exiled citizens, could not appear in public wearing a toga. Keep it 300 like the romans free#The toga was allowed to be worn only by free Roman citizens. In the very same age, due to the influence of Germanic soldiers dominating the ranks of the army, long, close-fitting trousers were widely worn. ![]() The richest form of the long-sleeved tunic, the dalmatica, in many cases replaced the toga altogether in the later years of empire. It is worth mentioning the tunica palmata which was a brightly coloured tunic embroidered with palm leaves and was worn by the triumphator during his triumph, or possibly by other dignitaries at other, very exceptional occasions. An equestrian could wear a tunic featuring two vertical narrow purple stripes on either side of the tunic. So a senator could wear a tunic featuring a vertical broad purple stripe down the centre.
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