clothing hair styles in ancient rome
the very early romans wore a toga. it looked like a white sheet 9 yards long. togas were arranged very carefully, in a stylish way. togas fell out of style rather early. the toga was inconvenient, and people felt the cold when they wore it. to get anyone to wear them, even very early emperors had to legislate the wearing of togas by at least senators. eventually, the emperors gave up. the romans switched to comfortable tunics, which looked like long tee-shirts. they were far more practical. tunics were made of cool linen, for summer wear, and warm wool, for winter wear. sometimes, they worn trouserlike affairs.
roman soldiersarmor its interesting to note that most roman armor probably did not shine. they used a lot of chain mail a sort of cloth made of circular links, which doesnt shine. they also made scale armor metal plates about 3 inches long and about an inch wide, sewn together on a linenleather backing. scale armor shines...