11-21-2004, 10:01 AM
According to A.T. Croom (Roman Clothing and Fashion), and underpinned by pretty good evidence, the todga seems to have been more of a status garment. It was ideologically turned into the badge of Romanness in the Augustan era, but it seems that most people who didn't have to attend public functions didn't bother owning one. Martial (IIRC) at one point refers to the Italian countryside where people 'only wear the toga when they are dead'.<br>
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It seems probable that there were various lengths and widths of toga (though a recent PhD thesis from Germany has ripped apart the traditional designations) with the very voluminous ones shown on high-class statuary being a status symbol above all. <p></p><i></i>
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It seems probable that there were various lengths and widths of toga (though a recent PhD thesis from Germany has ripped apart the traditional designations) with the very voluminous ones shown on high-class statuary being a status symbol above all. <p></p><i></i>
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