Editing Culture of ancient Rome (section)

===Clothing===
{{Main|Clothing in ancient Rome}}
[[File:Togato, I sec dc. con testa di restauro da un ritratto di nerva, inv. 2286.JPG|thumb|upright|Toga-clad statue, restored with the head of the emperor [[Nerva]]]]

In ancient Rome, the cloth and the dress distinguished one class of people from the other class. The [[tunic]] worn by [[plebeians]] (common people) like shepherds was made from coarse and dark material, whereas the tunic worn by [[Patrician (ancient Rome)|patricians]] was of linen or white wool. A magistrate would wear the ''tunica angusticlavi''; senators wore tunics with purple stripes (''clavi''), called ''tunica laticlavi''. Military tunics were shorter than the ones worn by civilians.

The many types of [[toga]]s were also named. Boys, up until the festival of [[Liberalia]], wore the ''toga praetexta'', which was a toga with a crimson or purple border, also worn by magistrates in office. The ''toga virilis'', (or ''toga pura'') or man's toga was worn by men who had come of age to signify their citizenship in Rome. The ''toga picta'' was worn by triumphant generals and had embroidery of their skill on the battlefield. The ''toga pulla'' was worn in mourning.

Even [[footwear]] indicated a person's social status. Patricians wore red and orange [[sandal (footwear)|sandals]], senators had brown footwear, consuls had white shoes, and soldiers wore heavy boots. Women wore closed shoes of colors such as white, yellow, or green.

The ''[[bulla (amulet)|bulla]]'' was a [[locket]]-like amulet worn by children. When about to marry, the woman would donate her ''[[Lunula (amulet)|lunula]] (also known as partha)'' to the household gods, along with her toys, to signify maturity and womanhood.

Men typically wore a toga, and women wore a [[stola]]. The woman's ''stola'' was a dress worn over a tunic, and was usually brightly colored. A ''[[Fibula (brooch)|fibula]]'' (or brooch) would be used as ornamentation or to hold the stola in place. A ''palla'', or shawl, was often worn with the ''stola''.