Roman antiquities: or, An account of the manners and customs of the Romans; . Cato; Jdrtay^because it was strait ^^ and coarse.^^ Nor did candidates foroffices wear any thing but the toga.^ 1 IJberalibus, xii. Kal. 4 Suet. Auc. 26. 66. 9 Cic. Att. vi. 1. Suet. 16 campestri sub toga Apr. Cic. Att. vi. 1. CaL 10. 15. Claud. 2. Aug. 8. Cal. 10. Cla. cinctus, Asc, Ov. Fiii. 771. Tib. 54. 43. Ner. 7. Tac. Ann. Max. iii. tl, 7. 2 Cic. Att. ix. a2. Am. 5 Cic. Phil. xi. \o. Or. xii. 41. xiii. 15. 17 Hor. Ep. i. 19. 13. 1. Suet. Aug. i. 50. Fam. vii. 3. Liv. 10 pars domus. Luc. ii. 3S6
Roman antiquities: or, An account of the manners and customs of the Romans; . Cato; Jdrtay^because it was strait ^^ and coarse.^^ Nor did candidates foroffices wear any thing but the toga.^ 1 IJberalibus, xii. Kal. 4 Suet. Auc. 26. 66. 9 Cic. Att. vi. 1. Suet. 16 campestri sub toga Apr. Cic. Att. vi. 1. CaL 10. 15. Claud. 2. Aug. 8. Cal. 10. Cla. cinctus, Asc, Ov. Fiii. 771. Tib. 54. 43. Ner. 7. Tac. Ann. Max. iii. tl, 7. 2 Cic. Att. ix. a2. Am. 5 Cic. Phil. xi. \o. Or. xii. 41. xiii. 15. 17 Hor. Ep. i. 19. 13. 1. Suet. Aug. i. 50. Fam. vii. 3. Liv. 10 pars domus. Luc. ii. 3S6. 7. Tib. 54. Claud. 2. xl. 35. xlv. 37. Suet. 11 reipublicaB, IS arcta. Plin. Ep. i. 9. Tac. Or. Ner. 7. Germ. 13. 19 crassa vel pinguis,Hor. Sat. i. 3. 34. 6 Plin. 117, 118. 12 Suet. Tib. 15. Dom. 3 forensia stipendia au-spicabatur. Sen. Suet. Tib. 54. lac. An. 2. ix. 23. Mart. iv. 19. iii. 29. 13 cohibere. 20 see p. 72. V. 6. Cic. F«m. v. 8. 7 Diony. iv. 15. 14 Cic. Ccel. h. iO. XV. 16. 8 dabanU 15 Gell. vii. Vi. THE ROMAN DRESS. 355. The Romans afterwards wore belowthe toga a white woollen vest calledTUNICA, Avhich came down a little belowthe knees before, and to the middle ofthe legs behind,^ at first without with sleeves,^ or reaching to theancles,^ were reckoned effeminate.*But under the emperors these came tobe used with fringes at the hands, fromthe example of Caesar, longer or shorteraccording to fancy. Those who worethem were said to be manuleati. The tunic was fastened by a girdle orbelt^ about the waist to keep it tight,which also served as a purse j*^ in Avhichthey kept their money; hence incinctus tunicam mercator^the merchant with his tunic girt. The purse commonly hungfrom the neck, and was said decollasse, when it Avas taken off;hence decollare, to deceive.^ It was also thought effeminate to appear abroad with thetunic slackly or carelessly girded: hence the saying of Syllaconcerning Caesar to the Optimates, w
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