Wearing the cloak : dressing the soldier in Roman times / edited by Marie-Louise Nosch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nosch, Marie-Louise.

Series:

Ancient textiles series ; 10.

Ancient textiles series ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--Army--Uniforms.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Armies.

Uniforms.

Rome--Army--Equipment.

Rome--Military antiquities.

Textile fabrics, Ancient.

Physical Description:

vii, 144 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Oxbow Books ; Oakville, CT : David Brown Book Co., [2012]

Summary:

Wearing the Cloak contains nine stimulating chapters on Roman military textiles and equipment that take textile research to a new level. The evidence presented and discussed here provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of the Roman soldier, from the", sounds of their clacking belts to their purchase orders with Egyptian weavers. Could armour be built of linen? Who had access to what kinds of prestigious equipment? And what garments and weapons were deposited in bogs at the edge of the Roman Empire? The authors draw upon multiple sources such as original textual and scriptural evidence, ancient works of art, iconography and archaeological records and finds. The chapters cover-as did the Roman army-a large geographical span: Egypt, the Levant, the Etruscan heartland and Northern Europe. Status, prestige and access are viewed in the light of financial and social capacities and help shed new light on the material realities of the daily life of the Roman soldier. Book jacket.

Contents:

Dressed for the occasion : clothes and context in the Roman army / Michael Speidel

Purchase orders of military garments from papyri of Roman Egypt / Kerstin Dross-Krüpe

Clothing supply for the military : a look at the inscriptional evidence / Jinyu Liu

The Roman military belt / Stefanie Hoss

Linen-clad Etruscan warriors / Margarita Gleba

Fragments of linen from Masada, Israel : "the remnants of Pteryges" and related finds in weft- and warp-twining including several slings / Hero Granger Taylor

A late Roman painting of an Egyptian officer and the layers of its perception on the relation between images and textile finds / Annette Paetzgen Schieck

Warrior costume in Iron Age weapon deposits / Susan Möller-Wiering

Painting a reconstruction of the Deir el-Medineh portrait on a painted shroud and other soldiers from Roman Egypt / Graham Sumner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781842174371

1842174371

OCLC:

704382573