Making a (first century AD) tunic

[Crispvs]

Good point Salvianus.

The time frame I was intending when I wrote the initial post was the early imperial period which most people do and where I feel most mistakes are made when it comes to tunic size and shape.

Graham (who knows much more about these things than me) has added some useful material, but as I was trying to describe a first century AD tunic I had intentionally left out the later period material from Isadore of Seville, the Scriptores Historia Augusta (which is a highly suspect document in any case) and the descriptions of the martyrdoms of Christian soldiers. The lists of clothing from the SHA are also references to clothing worn by generals and emperors rather than common soldiers. In all likelihood Isadore, the SHA and the military martyrdoms are relavent to third century and later clothing studies but these periods were intended to be beyond the scope of what I was writing about.
I do not know exactly when the Romans started adopting the later forms of tunics, but certainly by the time of the final siege of Dura Europos in the mid third century, long sleeved tunics and trousers were being worn. The question is whether late tunic styles were already coming in in the late second century AD or whether they first made an appearance in the early third century AD.

A somewhat more detailed thread on making a late Roman tunic ( or various types of late Roman tunic) might perhaps be an idea, perhaps written by someone with an excellent knowledge of this area - Graham?

Crispvs