The clothing of the ancient Romans was greatly influenced by the Greek culture, it was less unique, it rather followed traditions.
Many times it seemed impersonal, still it was costly and tricky. The colour, the shape and the decoration showed the wearer’s rank and social
position. In the beginning they were made out of natural coloured wool, the colourful pieces became popular later on.

Women preferred light, flimsy fabrics like linen and silk.

Women loved to wear tunics, the underdress reaching the ground, and the
housedress, which was two pieces sewn together and cut holes into it for the
head and the arms.
Ocassionally sleeves were sewn to it or holes were cut for them.
The tunic was tied under the breasts and was decorated with buttons or a brooch at the shoulders.

The upper cloak, the stole’s cutting was tha same as the tunic’s and it resembled the Greek khiton, it was loose and often had a tail.
People wore this cloak with a chest band called a strofium.
The stoles were richly decorated with pearls, fringes and embroidery.
When going outside to the streets, people wrapped a square wool cloak around themselves, the palla.
This usually covered the head as well, but sometimes it was wrapped around
the hip.
In bad weather the paenula served as an upper piece of clothing,
which was a round or rhombus shaped hooded cloak made of wool or leather.

The men’s tunic went down to belov the knees and it was tied at the hip.
On festive occasions men wore tunics that went down to the ankles.
Sometimes they even wore more of them at once.
The ranks were marked in many ways for example the tunic was decorated
with ribbons and the wearer had no belt.
The toga was the most spectacular full dress of the Roman citizen,
covering the body with artistic pleats, sometimes even covering the head.
It was made of an oval wool cloth which was pleated lenghtwise, it’s
lenght was tree times the height of the wearer, the width approximately two times the width of the wearer.

The pallium was more practical and confortable than the toga. This rectangular cloak was simply wrapped around the body and layed on the shoulder.