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	Toga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The toga was a distinctive garment of Ancient Rome.
		The same process that removed the toga from every-day life gave it an increased importance as a ceremonial garment, as is often the case with clothing.
		Toga candida: "Bright toga"; a toga bleached to a dazzling white by chalk (Isidorus Orig.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toga_virilis (1482 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 1137 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The public ceremonies, connected with the assumption of the toga virilis by the sons of the emperors, are referred,to by Suetonius (Oct. 26, Tib 54, Calif/.
		The trabea was a toga ornamented with purple horizontal stripes.
		Lastly, the toga worn by the Roman emperors was wholly of purple.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-dgra/1144.html (1002 words)

	Toga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The toga was the distinctive garb of Ancient Rome.
		The toga was the characteristic garment of male Roman citizens.
		Toga prætexta: a toga with a purple stripe, worn by curule magistrates, censors, priests, and the Emperors; it was also worn by boys before they reached legal age, and by actors in tragedies;
	www.icyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/to/toga.html (321 words)

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		de:Toga Roman clad in toga Roman clad in toga The "toga" was the distinctive garb of Ancient Rome Rome.
		The toga was the characteristic garment of male Roman Roman citizen citizens.
		"Toga trabea": a toga with scarlet and purple stripes, worn by augur augurs.
	www.biodatabase.de /toga (399 words)

	Roman Toga
		The toga praetexta and the bulla aurea were first given to boys in the case of the son of Tarquinius Priscus, who at the age of fourteen, in the Sabine war, slew an enemy with his own hand (Macrob.
		The public ceremonies, connected with the assumption of the toga virilis by the sons of the emperors, are referred to by Suetonius (Oct. 26, Tib.
		The former was the toga densa, pinguis, or hirta (Suet.
	romegiftshop.com /romantoga.html (2109 words)

	Toga - NovaRoma
		The toga is the definitive garment of the Roman male.
		Togas worn during the Republican era were somewhat smaller.
		The toga worn by magistrates (and also by boys under the age of 16).
	www.novaroma.org /wiki/Toga (398 words)

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		toga virilis - თეთრი სადა ტოგა, რომელსაც მამაკაცი მოქალაქეები ატარებდნენ.
		toga praetexta - თეთრი ტოგა ფართო მეწამული ფერის კანტით.
		Toga trabea- ასეთი ტოგები სამი ტიპის იყო, მხოლოდ მეწამული - ღმერთებისთვის, ვიწრო თეთრი ზოლით მეფეებისთვის და თეთრი ზოლებით მარსის ქურუმებისთვის და ავურებისთვის.
	ka.wikipedia.org /wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%92%E1%83%90 (86 words)

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		The toga was the formal garment of ancient Romans and a symbol of citizenship.
		The toga is described as a semicircular cloak that had the shape of an oblong rectangle with the edges cut off either at angles or in curves, depending on the current fashion.
		The former was the toga densa, pinguis, or hirta.
	www.rotarydistrict7150.org /Toga.htm (3779 words)

	Television Point \| Dictionary \| Meaning of toga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga pr[ae]texta.
		[L.], a toga with a broad purple border, worn by children of both sexes, by magistrates, and by persons engaged in sacred rites.
		{Toga virilis} [L.], the manly gown; the common toga.
	www.televisionpoint.com /dictionary/default.asp?define=toga (93 words)

	Toga
		The original shape and size of the toga are in dispute, but by the late Republic and into the Empire period, when it became the identifying mark of Roman citizenship, it was a very large single piece of cloth.
		For most purposes, the toga would be of wool in its natural color, but political candidates might bleach their togas or whiten them with chalk so they would be more easily seen and recognized in crowds.
		Toward the very end of the empire, togas shrunk drastically to less than half of the previous length and were fastened at the left shoulder, much in the manner of collegiate toga-party bed sheets.
	www.mmdtkw.org /VToga.html (1210 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 631 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Until a Roman youth assumed the toga virilis, he wore the toga praetexta, the broad purple hem of which (praeteseta) at once distinguished him from other persons.
		The toga virilis was assumed at the Liberalia in the month of March, and though no age appears to have been positively fixed for the ceremony, it probably took place as a general rule on the feast which next followed the completion of the fourteenth year; though it.
		Vesticeps.} After the assumption of the toga virilis, the son who was in the power of his father had a capacity to contract debts; and a pupillus was released from the tutela.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-dgra/0638.html (903 words)

	Detail Page
		Essentially, a toga was a white woolen cloth, cut into a semicircular design of approximately five yards long, four yards wide, varying upon the size of the wearer.
		Dark-colored togas, the toga pulla or toga sordida, were worn by the lower classes or by others in time of mourning or when under severe stress, as at a trial.
		The toga pratexta was a toga with a distinctive purple stripe woven into the fabric, probably along the sinus.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME1747 (489 words)

	Roman Clothing, Part I
		Togas were costly, heavy, and cumbersome to wear; the wearer looked dignified and stately but would have found it difficult to do anything very active.
		While the toga was a mark of honor for a man, it was a mark of disgrace for a woman.
		Prostitutes of the lowest class, the street-walker variety, were compelled to wear a plain toga made of coarse wool to announce their profession, and there is some evidence that women convicted of adultery might have been forced to wear “the prostitute's toga” as a badge of shame.
	www.vroma.org /~bmcmanus/clothing.html (2201 words)

	The Clothed Body in the Ancient World: Abstract
		In this paper I shall be considering why the toga was thought of not only as the national dress of the Romans and an indicator of citizen status, but also as "manly" dress.
		In addition to literary references to the wearing of the toga I shall explore the depiction of the toga in Roman art (mainly sculpture - portrait statues and historical and funerary reliefs), contrasting its visual impact with that of other types of clothing (both male and female).
		It was also a means of showing the Roman aristocrat's control over his surroundings and his superiority by his suave control of his toga's complex folds: despite the practical difficulties of wearing the toga artistic representations seldom show the elite toga-wearer fiddling with it, or readjusting its folds.
	www.open.ac.uk /Arts/classtud/cbaw/davies.htm (196 words)

	The Roman clothing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The toga was worn at official happenings, like the salutatio, and the tunica at home etc. Instead of a toga, women wore a stola, a white woollen attire.
		In the daily life the toga wasn't very important, because you couldn't move easily in it, and the creases felt wrong.
		At their 16th birthday the boys exchanged it for a toga virilis, a non-decorated, bare toga.
	library.thinkquest.org /22866/English/Romday/Kleding.html (312 words)

	Roman Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Toga candida - The toga worn by candidates for public office, it was bleached white.
		Toga praetexta - The toga worn by boys and holders of public office, it had stripes of varying width depending on your social class.
		Toga muliebris - The toga worn by prostitutes.
	patriot.net /~carey/afa/latinclub/culture.htm (237 words)

	Rome Exposed - Roman Children
		A boy was not enrolled as a citizen until he put on a man's toga, but his father had to register the child's name and the date of its birth within thirty days.
		In general, a man's toga was assumed between the fourteenth and seventeenth years - the later age being customary in earlier times.
		Over this was draped the toga virilis (toga of the grown man), also called the toga libera.
	www.classicsunveiled.com /romel/html/romechildren.html (1018 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The toga is described as a semicircular cloak (peribolaion 'emikuklion), but scholars have differing opinions about its true shape.
		After many trials, Weiss concludes in Costümkunde that the toga had the shape of an oblong rectangle with the edges cut off either at angles or in curves, depending on the current fashion.
		Once he assumed public office, a man put on the toga praetexta, which had a purple stripe of varying width based on his social class; an equestrian's toga had a narrow stripe (clavus angustus), and a senator had a broad stripe (latus clavus).
	www-personal.umich.edu /~mxb/toga.html (606 words)

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		When all attendees are costumed in togas, the procession to their "empire" begins.
		This roman toga costume party is a perfect icebreaker for both seasoned veterans and first-time event attendees because it establishes a mood of quality in an environment where all participants are equal.
		Toga pura (or toga virilis): The ordinary citizen's toga.
	www.arsconvivialis.com /toga-party.htm (424 words)

	toga virilis - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		toga virilis - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Women, slaves, foreigners, and others who were not citizens of ancient Rome were forbidden from wearing the toga.
		- toga signifying manhood: a white toga worn in ancient Rome by men and by boys from the age of 14 or 15 as a sign of manhood and citizenship
	ca.encarta.msn.com /toga+virilis.html (78 words)

	toga virilis definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		toga virilis definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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		toga signifying manhood: a white toga worn in ancient Rome by men and by boys from the age of 14 or 15 as a sign of manhood and citizenship
	ca.encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861720665/toga_virilis.html (85 words)

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		He wrapped his toga around himself for the last time and was immediately comforted by the smooth fabric of his youth.
		Over Marcus’ plain tunic, his father Augustus draped the toga virilis to signify Marcus’ newfound status as a man. Marcus, daunted by the impending responsibilities of manhood, was apprehensive as he led the procession to the Forum.
		Wearing nothing but his toga virilis and solae on his feet, Marcus collected the little money he had saved as well as the coin his father had given to him, and ran away from his insulae in Rome.
	www.bitsofhistory.com /ace/MAM/School010a.doc (1399 words)

	Toga virilis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Actually, this sort of thing was an important ceremony for ancient Romans, and in the case of Octavian it did not happen as simply as shown in the series.
		Octavius assumed the toga virilis at the age of fifteen.
		This was a public, formal ceremony, during which boys laid aside their toga praetexta and became officially enrolled as adult citizens.
	www.ancientworlds.net /658514 (239 words)

	The Detective and the Toga: Wearing Your Own Toga
		There are no pockets per se, but the folds of the toga as they come from under the right arm and are swept over the left shoulder were called the sinus and could be used to store some small items.
		Julilla also has some additional information on the toga at her costumes page although somewhat at variance with what you have read here.
		There are also pictures of the Imperial toga at Nova Roma.
	histmyst.org /toga.html (1665 words)

	More on Toga
		* Toga pratexta: a toga with a purple stripe, worn by curule magistrates, censors, priests, and the Emperors; it was also worn by boys before they reached legal age, and by actors in tragedies;
		* Toga trabea: a toga with scarlet and purple stripes, worn by augurs.
		* Toga candida: a toga bleached to a dazzling white, worn by candidates for public office when they presented themselves in the Forum.
	www.eduhistory.com /toga.htm (570 words)

	VILLA IVLILLA > PERSONAL APPEARANCE > CHILDREN
		Freeborn males began life in the toga praetexta, which was white with a band of scarlet or purple along the straight edge.
		At the age of XVI, he became a young man, and donned the toga virilis, made of unbleached, unadorned wool.
		Thereafter, he could only earn the toga praetexta by becoming a senator or public magistrate.
	www.villaivlilla.com /children.htm (248 words)

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		Passing over the one great fact, all latent jealousy of Ethel had ceased in Flora's.
	www.factspider.com /to/toga.html (517 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		1600, from L. toga "cloak or mantle," related to tegere "to cover" (see stegosaurus).
		The outer garment of a Roman citizen in time of peace; toga prætexta had a broad purple border and was worn by children, magistrates, persons engaged in sacred rites, and later also emperors; toga virilis, the "toga of manhood," was assumed by boys at puberty.
		College fraternity toga party popularized by movie "Animal House" (1978), but this is set in 1962.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?term=toga (75 words)

	Ceremonies and Customs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Bulla- A protective gold charm worn by young boys until they took the Toga Virilis
		Toga Praetexta- A purple bordered toga worn by wealthy young boys until manhood.
		Toga Virilis / Toga Libera - Toga of manhood assumed at the ages of 15, 16, or 17 (when his father judged him mature) a boy would be given this special white toga and be taken to be enrolled as a voting citizen.
	www.dl.ket.org /latin1/things/jcl/nle/ceremonies.htm (258 words)

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