Roman warriors. Military costumes of heavy infantryman.

On the history of costumes. Twenty-sixth Sheet. Romans. Münchener Bilderbogen No. 558. Illustration by Andreas Müller.

Roman warriors. Military costumes of heavy infantryman.

The left Legionnaire wearing as armour a Lorica Squamata, the right legionary wears as armour Laminated Lorica.

Source: “On the history of costumes”. Münchener Bilderbogen (Munich pictures sheets). Published by Braun & Schneider, Munich c.1858 -1898s.

Continuing

• Roman Costume and Fashion History.
• Roman clothing in its diversity and development within history.
• The Toga and the manner of wearing it. Roman fashion history.
• The Togatus and the Roman ladies of the imperial period.
• Religious sacrificial ceremonies of Romans in ancient times.
• The clothing of the vestal virgins. The cult of Vesta in ancient Rome.
• Musical instruments. Wind and Stringed instruments of ancient Rome.
• Roman headgear and hairdos of antiquity.
• Roman soldiers and gladiators. Function, armor and armament.
• The Roman Paenula. The cowl or hood. Traveling cloak.
• Pontifex Maximus. Roman high priest of antiquity. Collegium Pontificum.
• Shoes of antiquity. Sandals, closed footwear of the ancient world.
• Rome. The atrium. Interior of an ancient Roman palace.
• Pompeji. Roman architecture. The Pompeian House. The Atrium.