Rome Costume (jan 5, 50 BC – jan 5, 395)
Description:
Men: Short hair, clean shaven, tunic (clavi), toga (men), toga praetexta ( w/ purple border), toga candida (lightened to a bright white),Women: chignon, elaborate styles, bleached hair popular, veils and diadems, various types of jewelry (bulla), cosmetics, stole and palla (draped shawl place over outer tunic), strophium (free married women); early form of bra.
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Date:
jan 5, 50 BC
jan 5, 395
~ 445 years