A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 141
o garments when so arranged ; but a close examination willdiscover the sharp point and the curved edge in the case of thetoga. At the end of the Republic and under the Empire, to whichperiod most of the monuments belong, more elaborate fashionswere developed, as in fig. 140, from a statuette in the… … Fig. 140.—Bronze Statuette op a Roman wearing Tunicand Toga. 1: 2. Romans wore the boot, the calceus, but disapproved of the sandal.Part of Ciceros charge against Verres was that he wore sandals,as well as other Greek dress. The objects shown in Case F are either actual shoes and sandalsor…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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