A Man in Ancient Romes Clothing

Like alot of other things in society, your clothes helped show how much power you had or what your status in the community was. Having said this you can understand how great rulers had different types of clothing then an innkeeper or a slave. The poor and shopkeepers, and slavs would always wear a tunic. A tunic was a one piece linen or wool vest that did not get in the way of ones work. The tunic of the average everyday roman citizen was just simply made of plain wool. Lighter fabrics were used to make tunics for the summer. Roman knights and senators had stripes of a purple cloth woven into their tunic, with one running from each shoulder. If one was wearing a crown you could tell that they had much power. A toga was worn only by men, and it was also worn on top of the tunic. The toga was also the national garment of ancient Rome. A romans hair was cleanly shaved, or short.

Below is the basic tunic:

This is the equestrian tunic:

And here is a senatorial tunic

Here is a picture of a toga:

On their feet, Roman men wore sandals like the ones pictured: