Clothing and Fashion in Ancient Rome

In this video, we explore the fascinating world of clothing in ancient Rome. From the basic tunica to the formal toga, we'll take a look at what people wore and how they used clothing to indicate social status and occupation. We'll also delve into the materials used, including wool, linen, cotton, and silk, and how they were produced both in the home and commercially throughout Italy and much of the Roman Empire.
Clothing in ancient Rome was primarily made of wool, which was produced both in the home and commercially throughout Italy and much of the Roman Empire. Sometimes clothes were made from rare materials such as linen from Egypt, cotton from India, and silk from China. Men generally wore white or off-white colored clothing, while women wore white clothing until they were married and then wore clothing in a variety of colors. The basic garment for both genders and all classes was the tunica (tunic), which was a short-sleeved, close-fitting garment made from wool or linen. On formal occasions, adult male citizens could wear a woolen toga, draped over their tunic, and married citizen women wore a woolen mantle, known as a palla, over a stola, a simple, long-sleeved, voluminous garment that modestly hung to cover the feet. Clothing was also used to indicate social status and occupation, with senators and magistrates wearing distinctive garments. Wealthy women wore a wide variety of jewelry including earrings, necklaces, tiaras, and bracelets, while men usually only wore rings.
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0:00​ Introduction
0:50 Clothing in Ancient Rome
2:05 Roman Men's Clothing
4:31 Roman Women’s Clothing
5:20 Hairstyles and Accessories
6:43 Manufacture & Laundering
8:54 Outro
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How would you have dressed in ancient Rome?

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Thx so much for this helpful video! I had a project on Ancient Rome clothing and I got a A after watching this amazing video!

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Thank you you are fun to listen to

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ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO. PLEASE DO A ONE ON PUNIC WARS TOO !

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Thanks! I'm sure we will do a video on the Punic Wars sometime in the future.

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Nice!

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Wow, well done Kelly! History without political tones! Thumbs up!

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[@MTB214]

I’ve never heard of what was used to clean clothing after the urine. It’s the ammonia in it that cleans. I don’t ever want to try it! Lol

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Haha, definitely a practice best kept in the past. 😉

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Why is everyone yelling in the comments?

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Hopefully it's kind yelling. 😄

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I had a reimcarnation dream, very real indeed, my present husband wore a white toga as did all thr many men waiting for the death of thr dying pope, i was like hid boy ( as a woman now) at hand wearing a white tunic. We all waitedby a giagantic bed up marble steps where the popewas due to die it was silentmexceptthr odd quiet comments made here and there amongst thr fifty or so waiting. Thrn suddently a bumblr bee flew in and landed on my husbands shoulder. Everyone saw it andngasped because it wasbelieved tjwt the one on which. The bee landed would become. Next pope

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Captions: "BC"?!? :-(

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Hi! These video captions haven't been done yet. Those ones are auto generated. When we do them properly, it will be BCE, not BC. 😉

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@@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia :-) Tho I was referring to ones in images...

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The number of slaves in Roman Empire were never higher than 3%

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THANK YOU WHO STOLE MY : TOGA / GOAT ... Anna-Gram ... MAKES YOU WONDER.

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