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Amicti
An amictus is an outer garment; the chlamys, pallium, laena, or toga. [1]
Indumenta
An idumentum is an undergarment; generally, a tunica. [1]
Footwear
Solea was a simple sandal Sandalium, with a sole amd with straps for fastening across the foot. [2]
It was sometimes made of wood [3]
for use by country folk.
The solea worn by the upper classes was mainly worn in the house. Outdoor footwear were shoes Calceus. Slippers [[[Soccus]] or soleae were carried for use when visiting. According to the state of the roads or of the weather, the shoes or boots were again put on in order to return home, the soleae being carried, as before, under the arm. [4]
When circumstances were favorable, this change of shoes for slippers or soleae was not considered necessary, the latter being worn in the streets. [5]
Soleae ligneae, soles or shoes of wood, were put on, under the authority of the Roman law, either for the purpose of torture, or perhaps merely to indicate the condition of a criminal, or to prevent his escape. [6]
In domestic life the sandal commonly worn by females was often used to chastise a husband and bring him into subjection. [7]
Notae
- ↑ 1.1 1.2 Smith's Dictionary, "Amictus". [1]
- ↑ Gellius, III.14, XIII.21
- ↑ Isidore Orig. XIX.34
- ↑ Horace Epist. I.13.15
- ↑ Martial XII.88
- ↑ Cicero Invent. ii.50, ad Herenn. i.13
- ↑ Menander, p68. 186, ed. Meineke: solea objurgabere rubra, Pers. V.169; sandalio, Ter. Eunuch. v.8.4.; Juv. VI.516
