Author: Lillian May WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The Roman Toga
Author: Lillian May WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
A Study of the Roman Toga
Author: Lillian May WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
The Toga and Roman Identity
Author: Ursula RothePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 147257155X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
This book traces the toga's history from its origins in the Etruscan garment known as the tebenna, through its use as an everyday garment in the Republican period to its increasingly exclusive role as a symbol of privilege in the Principate and its decline in use in late antiquity. It aims to shift the scholarly view of the toga from one dominated by its role as a feature of Roman art to one in which it is seen as an everyday object and a highly charged symbol that in its various forms was central to the definition and negotiation of important gender, age and status boundaries, as well as political stances and ideologies. It discusses the toga's significance not just in Rome itself, but also in the provinces, where it reveals ideas about cultural identity, status and the role of the Roman state. The Toga and Roman Identity shows that, by looking in detail at the history of Rome's national garment, we can gain a better understanding of the complexities of Roman identity for different groups in society, as well as what it meant, at any given time, to be 'Roman'.
The Toga and Roman Identity
Author: Ursula RothePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472571568
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This book traces the toga's history from its origins in the Etruscan garment known as the tebenna, through its use as an everyday garment in the Republican period to its increasingly exclusive role as a symbol of privilege in the Principate and its decline in use in late antiquity. It aims to shift the scholarly view of the toga from one dominated by its role as a feature of Roman art to one in which it is seen as an everyday object and a highly charged symbol that in its various forms was central to the definition and negotiation of important gender, age and status boundaries, as well as political stances and ideologies. It discusses the toga's significance not just in Rome itself, but also in the provinces, where it reveals ideas about cultural identity, status and the role of the Roman state. The Toga and Roman Identity shows that, by looking in detail at the history of Rome's national garment, we can gain a better understanding of the complexities of Roman identity for different groups in society, as well as what it meant, at any given time, to be 'Roman'.
Roman Clothing and Fashion
Author: Alexandra CroomPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445612445
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A detailed, finely researched and profusely illustrated history of clothing and fashion in the Roman Empire.
The World of Roman Costume
Author: Judith Lynn SebestaPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299138547
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Thirteen scholarly and well-illustrated essays survey, document and elucidate over a thousand years of Roman garments and accessories, including Etruscan influences, Near Eastern fashions and the transition towards early Christian garb.
The Roman Toga
Author: Lillian May WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Costume
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Detectives in Togas
Author: Henry WinterfeldPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152162801
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
In an effort to save a boy wrongly accused, a group of young friends living in ancient Rome search for the culprit who scrawled graffiti on the temple wall.
Greek and Roman Dress from A to Z
Author: Lloyd Llewellyn-JonesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134589158
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Who dressed as a woman in an attempt to commit adultery with Julius Caesar's wife? How did the ancient Greeks make blusher from seaweed? Just how does one wear a toga?If, as many claim, the importance of clothes lies in their detail, then this a book that no sartorially savvy Classicist should be without. Greek and Roman Dress from A to Z is an alphabetized compendium of styles and accessories that form the well-known classical image: a reference source of stitches, drapery, hairstyles, colours, fabrics and jewellery, and an analysis of the intricate system of social meanings that they comprise.The entries range in length from a few lines to a few pages and cover individual aspects of dress alongside surveys of wider topics and illuminating socio-cultural analysis, drawn from ancient art, literature and archaeology. For those who want to take their reading further, there are references to both primary sources and modern scholarship.This book is be fascinating for anyone delving into it with an interest in style and dress, and an invaluable companion for any classicist.
Prostitution, Sexuality, and the Law in Ancient Rome
Author: Thomas A. J. McGinnPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019802486X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
This is a study of the legal rules affecting the practice of female prostitution at Rome approximately from 200 B.C. to A.D. 250. It examines the formation and precise content of the legal norms developed for prostitution and those engaged in this profession, with close attention to their social context. McGinn's unique study explores the "fit" between the law-system and the socio-economic reality while shedding light on important questions concerning marginal groups, marriage, sexual behavior, the family, slavery, and citizen status, particularly that of women.