Fashions in Emesa and the East

[Nathan Ross]

from Dura

That's a great idea, more generally - the paintings from Dura Europos give a very good picture, I'd say, of clothing styles in the mid-3rd century near east.

Many of the men seem to be dressed in Greco-Roman style. This is from the synagogue, I think, so the markings on the clothing might be specifically Jewish:



While in other scenes there's a mixture of more 'western' and Parthian/Persian clothing - although it's not clear what significance, if any, the differences might have:



There's also this scene, showing Palmyrene or Persian priests - perhaps the sort of thing that the young Elagabalus might have worn?:



If you go a Google image search for the Dura Europos paintings you'll find much more along those lines.