Senin, 28 Desember 2009

What Kind of Clothes Did the Romans Wear?


All people living in Rome mainly wore tunics due to its simplicity. Togas were only allowed to be worn by free citizens of Rome. Sandals were also worn, but were mainly worn indoors.

The Founding of the City of Rome - 753 BC

According to legend, the god of War, Mars, had two baby sons called Romulus and Remus. They had a wicked uncle Amulius who was very jealous of them and wanted to kill them, so he put them in a basket in the River Tiber hoping that they would drown. The basket floated off down the river and stopped at a place near seven hills. A she-wolf whose cubs had been killed found the babies as she walked past and so she used her milk to feed them. The boys were picked up by a shepherd called Faustulus who took them home.

Romulus and Remus grew up to be very strong and big. They decided to build a city on one of the seven hills. After a while they had an argument about who should be the King of the new city. Romulus dud a ditch all around the hill and when Remus came over the ditch Romulus attacked him and they had a HUGE fight. Remus was killed and Romulus called the town Rome after himself.

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