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Zusatztext A fascinating delineation of the toga's complex history and meanings! first worn by women and men! later a male garment symbolizing status! public duty! and political power. Not simply a draped garment! but "the dress of an empire.'' Informationen zum Autor Ursula Rothe is Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, UK. Klappentext This book traces the toga's history from its origins in the Etruscan garment known as the tebenna , through its use as an everyday garment in the Republican period to its increasingly exclusive role as a symbol of privilege in the Principate and its decline in use in late antiquity. It aims to shift the scholarly view of the toga from one dominated by its role as a feature of Roman art to one in which it is seen as an everyday object and a highly charged symbol that in its various forms was central to the definition and negotiation of important gender, age and status boundaries, as well as political stances and ideologies. It discusses the toga's significance not just in Rome itself, but also in the provinces, where it reveals ideas about cultural identity, status and the role of the Roman state. The Toga and Roman Identity shows that, by looking in detail at the history of Rome's national garment, we can gain a better understanding of the complexities of Roman identity for different groups in society, as well as what it meant, at any given time, to be 'Roman'.An examination of the history of the toga and how it was used to negotiate cultural identities both in Rome and the provinces. Zusammenfassung This book traces the toga’s history from its origins in the Etruscan garment known as the tebenna , through its use as an everyday garment in the Republican period to its increasingly exclusive role as a symbol of privilege in the Principate and its decline in use in late antiquity. It aims to shift the scholarly view of the toga from one dominated by its role as a feature of Roman art to one in which it is seen as an everyday object and a highly charged symbol that in its various forms was central to the definition and negotiation of important gender, age and status boundaries, as well as political stances and ideologies. It discusses the toga’s significance not just in Rome itself, but also in the provinces, where it reveals ideas about cultural identity, status and the role of the Roman state. The Toga and Roman Identity shows that, by looking in detail at the history of Rome’s national garment, we can gain a better understanding of the complexities of Roman identity for different groups in society, as well as what it meant, at any given time, to be ‘Roman’. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations1 Introduction 2 The Toga: A Brief History3 The Toga and the Roman Man 4 The Toga and Social Status 5 The Toga and Politics 6 The Toga in the Provinces 7 The Toga in Late Antiquity Epilogue Glossary Notes Bibliography Index...
