What did the Romans wear?
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🗓️ 26 February 2025
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| 1:01.9 | Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine. |
| 1:11.7 | What did a Roman wear under their tunic? What was the best occasion to wear socks with sandals? |
| 1:20.0 | And what might make you a victim of the ancient Roman fashion police? Well, in today's episode, |
| 1:26.7 | Emily Briffitt is speaking to historian Ursula Rothi. |
| 1:30.5 | They're going to head back to the ancient world to uncover why the Romans were so obsessed |
| 1:36.1 | with what they wore. Today, we are talking all about Roman clothing, Roman dress, and arguably |
| 1:43.9 | the most iconic piece of Roman dress is the |
| 1:47.4 | toga. Now, this is something that we see a lot on screen in popular media. Did the toga really look |
| 1:53.9 | like those representations that we see on screen? No is the answer to that. It depends on what |
| 1:59.5 | films you're looking at and how faithfully they've tried to recreate Roman costumes. But I think there is quite a bit of misunderstanding about what the toga was. The toga was actually, you know, often if you see sort of Hollywood films, especially in the 50s, it's all very elaborate. And togas were, for the most part, quite plain garments. They were only worn by men. |
| 2:18.4 | They were only legally worn by people who had Roman citizenship. So men who had Roman citizenship. |
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