feminalia

[Matthew Amt]

...Suet. Aug. 82,1:
"Hieme quaternis cum pingui toga tunicis et subucula et thorace laneo et feminalibus et tibialibus muniebatur..."
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EDIT:

Now i researched and asked one friend, it should be only "feminalia" because the e in femen is short and is contracted to femin in Substantiv. Its not so seldom in Latin. I dont know femenalia as a word...

OH! Look at that! And look at me cheerfully eating my words! Well, vocabulary was always my weak point in Latin (and those darn long marks!). I stand corrected.

I'm not sure if I'd go with trousers for a Caesarian soldier, though I'd be surprised if some of them didn't wear them. It's just nice to be warm. Leggings might do well enough.

It was my impression that braccae was a little more generic word for trousers, either long or short, but we've just seen an example of how well I do with Latin technicalities! I don't think I've seen any evidence for loose short trousers, though longer ones do seem to have been a bit baggier at least sometimes.

Valete,

Matthew