04-06-2009, 12:59 PM
I suppose I mean the poor in general lol. I do think that reenactors have a tendency whilst doing civilian to overdress, I may do a 2nd c. civilian impression and make it pretty shaggy looking (patches, dirt etc.)
We also seem to forget that cloth was expensive and people would have reused it until it fell apart. Itd be interesting if there was a way to find out how often tunicae were actually passed down to a next generation. Ill bet at least the decorations off of them could be passed down to more than one generation in late roman times.
We also seem to forget that cloth was expensive and people would have reused it until it fell apart. Itd be interesting if there was a way to find out how often tunicae were actually passed down to a next generation. Ill bet at least the decorations off of them could be passed down to more than one generation in late roman times.
aka., John Shook
