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Ancient Rome


753BC-476AD

Russell, Douglas Costume History and Style; Chapter 5 pp.66-87

Glossary:

Bracchae (braies): Northern English breeches, tied with strings, worn by Roman provincial soldiers.

Bulla: Medallion put around a male child’s neck to ward off evil until he became an adult.

>Calcaeus: Strapped, cut-out, and laced sandals, varying in height from ankle to well up the calf.  Those of senators were black; patricians and magistrates wore purple.

Clavi: Purple bands on the tunica, indicating the wearer’s rank.  With time the clavus lost distinction, and by the first century it was worn by everyone.  The clavi then became more elaborately decorative in character, broke into spots of decoration, and amalgamated with borders at the hem of the garment.  Augustus clavus (pl. clavi): For equestrian knights; a narrow band running up over each shoulder and down to hem on  tunic or ungirded dalmaticaLatus clavus: Single, wide clavus worn by senators.

Cuculla: An overgarment with hood, practically an oblong piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head.  Used by all classes as a protection from weather and when traveling.  Later prescribed for monks of the Benedictine order.  (About A.D. 1500, given the name of scapular as an ecclesiastical garment.)

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