Roman Women’s Dress : Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development / Jan Radicke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Radicke, Jan, Author.

Contributor:

Raeder, Joachim, Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress in literature.

Women--Rome.

Women.

Women's clothing--Rome.

Women's clothing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XX, 785 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The book concerns female dress in Roman life and literature. The main focus is on female Roman dress as it may have been worn in daily life in Rome and in a social environment influenced by Roman culture in the time from the beginnings of the Republic until the end of the 2nd century AD. There is, however, a certain surplus as to its contents because many Latin texts also talk about mythical Greek dress and the largely fictional early Roman dress. Altogether, large parts of the history of Roman dress are only known to us through what scholars thought about it in Classical and Late Antiquity. For this reason, this book is not only about real female Roman dress, but also about the ancient pseudo-discourse on early female Roman dress, which has been taken too seriously by modern scholarship. This pseudo-discourse has been mixed together with real facts to produce an ahistorical fabric. It therefore appeared necessary to break with this old tradition and to take a completely new path. The detailed analysis of many texts on female Roman dress is the basis of this new handbook meant for philologists, historians, and archaeologists alike.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Abbreviations

Contents

General Introduction

Part A: Literary Sources

Introduction to part A

1 The law of the Twelve Tables (tab. 10.3–4 Bruns)

2 Cato Origines F 113 P. – Female Dress in Public Discourse about Luxury in the Second Century BCE

3 Naevius Lycurgus F 18 R. – Greek female bacchantes and their costume

4 Plautus Epidicus – the dress catalogue

5 Plautus – the catalogue of the dress dealers in the Aulularia

6 Plautus Menaechmi – a long robe (palla) and a travesty

8 Lucilius

9 Varro – Menippean Satires and Logistorici

10 Cicero – the travesty of P. Clodius Pulcher

11 Lucretius – the invisible woman

12 Catullus c. 64 – Ariadne, dressed and yet naked

13 Imperial literature on dress – an overview

Part B: Dress and Dress Terms

Introduction to part B

1 tunica – Roman tunica and Greek chiton

2 pallium – the regular female cloak

3 palla – (1) precious cloak and (2) ‘peplos’

4 stola/vestis longa – a dress of Roman matrons

5 praetexta – a dress of young Roman girls

6 toga – an attire of unfree prostitutes

7 paenula – ‘poncho’

8 abolla – rough woollen cloak

9 vestes Melitenses, vestes Coae, cyclas, gausapum – fashion and the Empire

10 synthesis – a cosmopolitan dinner dress

11 colores – colour, dress style, and fashion

12 reticulum – hairnet

13 mitra – headscarf

14 anadema – headband

15 strophium I – hair circlet

16 vitta – a plaited headband and a matronal badge

17 palliolum – scarf

18 flammeum – bridal scarf

19 focale – neckerchief

20 cingillum, zona – belt

21 strophium II – cord

22 fascia pectoralis, capitium – the breast wrap, an erotic piece of underwear

23 amictorium and mamillare – ‘top’ and breast-band

24 subligar, subligaculum – ‘loin-cloth’

25 fascia cruralis, fascia pedulis, impilia – ‘puttees,’ ‘socks,’ and felt inner shoes

26 calceus – the quintessential Roman shoe

27 soccus – the laced shoe

28 solea, sandalium – sandal

29 crepida – Greek Sandal

30 diabathra, Sicyonia, phaecasia, Gallica – shoes and fashion

Part C: Ancient Theory

Introduction to part C

1 Varro and the Early History of Female Roman Dress

2 Varro (VPR 306) – the toga: a Primeval Unisex Garment?

Part D: Glosses

Introduction to part D

1 *ricinium (triclinium) – the Law of the Twelve Tables

2 *arsineum, *galbeum, *rusceus – Cato Origines F 113 P.

3 *regilla, *patagiata, *indusiata – Plautus Epidicus I

4 *rica (tricae) – Plautus Epidicus II

5 *supparus – Plautus Epidicus III

6 *Capital; *caltula, *castula, *capitula; *calasis – five grammarians’ glosses

7 *stica – a modern dress gloss

The Archaeological Evidence

Epilogue

Select Bibliography

Illustration Credits

General Index

Index locorum

Plates 1–29

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

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ISBN:

9783110711554

3110711559

OCLC:

1346261306