The toga (/ ˈtoʊɡə /, Classical Latin: [ˈt̪ɔ.ɡa]), a distinctive garment of Ancient Rome, was a roughly semicircular cloth, between 12 and 20 feet (3.7 and 6.1 m) in length, draped over the shoulders and around the body. It was usually woven from white wool, and was worn over a tunic.

2019年8月14日 · Roman togas were white woolen strips of cloth about six feet wide and 12 feet long. They were draped over the shoulders and body and worn over a linen tunic. Children and commoners wore "natural" or off-white togas, while Roman senators wore brighter, whiter togas.

2020年3月13日 · When you think about ancient Greece, certain images probably come to mind: columned temples dedicated to various members of the Greek pantheon, brilliantly colored mosaics depicting religious stories, and old philosophers clad in white togas.

2022年11月24日 · And togas weren't worn by ancient Greek people at all — at least, not until after they'd been colonized by the Roman Empire. Instead, the Greeks favored a garment known as a himation, which...

The Roman toga, for instance, was a descendant of the Greek himation, and the synthesis of Greek and Roman attire would lay the foundation for the development of Western fashion traditions.

The purple tunica, adorned with golden palm-branches (tunica palmata), was, with the toga picta (see TOGA) the dress of a general on the occasion of a triumph (q.v.). It very early became the custom to wear beneath the tunic proper a tunica interior, which was of wool.

2017年9月20日 · “During the first three centuries of our era, the Roman toga was the principal garment of both sexes but later was worn only by men. Its use was the same as the Greek himation but it was very different in shape. The Greek wrap was a rectangle and the Roman, when folded, a semi-circle.