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 * Roman Dress and Decoration **
 * McKinney Tropea **
 * Reading language arts, semester 4, class ⅞ **
 * Mr. Schoch **
 * June 7, 2012 **


 * What if you wore your sheets to school every day? Thats basically what they did in rome, the people wore togas. Rome was named after the first king of rome romulus, it was said in a legend that romulus and his brother remus were raised by a she wolf and after a quarrel between the brothers remus was killed and romulus became king. Rome is located as the capital of italy and one of the most famous catholic church . Rome was founded in about 753 B.C.E. Most people remember rome from their religions and famous rulers and reins of power, but my favorite part of Rome is their sense of style. **


 * The roman style was important because it could show your sense of power. The romans had three classes. The patricians, or higher class. The plebeians, or middle class. And the slaves, because the Romans didn’t really have a lower class. **


 * The wealthy class were called patricians. To Identify a higher class man, of senator there are will wear a wide stripes on his tunic. The color of that stripe will usually be an expensive color such as purple. Many wealthy women wore stolas, or longer tunics that reach the ground. Stolas also show that you are married. Many wealthy persons in the roman culture had very expensive fabrics such as silk, or cotton. ( http://tinyurl.com/ycqalq ) **


 * The next class in the roman world were the plebeians. Many Roman middle class, plebeians or men wore plain white togas, without embellishments, or stripes. But some plebeians wore small embellishments to show who they worked for. They also often wore cloaks over their togas. Many roman women wore pallas, which are mainly just smaller draped togas. Most of the fabrics that the plebeians wore were far less comfortable than the patricians fabrics. ( http://tinyurl.com/ycqalq ) **


 * Have you ever wondered how to make an outfit that the romans wore? Well making a toga is surprisingly easy. First you use a sheet or a blanket to act as a robe that the romans used to wear. Then you drape that sheet over your left shoulder. Then pass the rest behind your back, now wrap the sheet across the front of your body so that you are wrapped up in it. And last but not least drape the rest of the sheet over your right hand. Now you're a Roman! **


 * The next class is the lower class, or the slaves. Most slaves in the Roman empire took the plebeians jobs which caused some problems. But that doesn’t mean slaves had good lives, slaves were worked extremely hard and were paid very little if at all. And because of this most slaves wore very uncomfortable clothes, the fabric was like wearing a burlap sack. Many men who were slaves wore very short plain white togas. And the women wore whatever their master told them to, the outfits could be very nice or not so much.( http://tinyurl.com/qnlb ) But some slaves had to wear something to show that they were not real citizens. ( http://tinyurl.com/ycqalq ) **


 * As you can see the romans had many reasons for how they dressed. The patricians to show power. The plebeians to show who they who they worked for.. And the slaves to show that they were not roman citizens. I believe that the romans used their clothes to show that their clothes can mean more than things that you put on your body, but that they show who you are. **

** Glossary  **


 * patricians- The wealthy romans **


 * stolas- longer togas that women wear **


 * plebeians- the romans middle class **


 * burlap- a material that are used to make potato sacks. **


 * slaves- aclass in which people were not really citizens, they were given poor jobs and were not paid. **

** Picture Credit  ** ** All Pictures: []  **

** Works Cited  **
 * Macdonald, Fiona, and Richard Tames. 100 Things You Should Know about Ancient Rome. Bromall, PA: Mason Crest, 2003. **
 * "Roman Clothing, Part I." Roman Clothing, Part I. 15 May 2012. . **
 * "Roman Dress." Roman Dress. 25 May 2012. . **