Roman Civilian Male Outfit of Late Antiquity
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- Roman outfit of a middle class man of the 4th century CE.
Trousers are based on the 3rd century (?) Thorsberg trousers, which correspond to a multitude of contemporary Roman depictions. They are made from diamond woven wool and dyed with woad.
Under tunic is made from fine linen and following the most common contemporary cutting pattern. Like the main tunic it features slits under the arms, so that it can be worn like a sleeveless tunic. The stains on the tunic stem form decoloration of other plant dyed garments, such as trousers and other main tunics.
The main tunic is hand woven from wool in tabby weave, with woven in clavii (stripes).
The shoes are the typical Campagus type, here based on a 4th century find from Luxenburg.
The cloak is based on the 6th century specimen from Lahun, Egypt, which seem to be the same specimen of "Paenula" or "Casula" (Isidore of Seville) as depicted on a number of 4th century depictions.
The satchel is a reconstruction of the Comacchio shipwreck satchel, which is very similar in design to a number of other finds from the 2nd and 3rd centuries from Switzerland and northern England. It is thus hypothesised that satchel design remained quite similar as satchels may have been mass products.
Music: Te Deum, 4th Century CE. Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz.
You can support my efforts to bring the history of Late Antiquity to more public attention via my Patreon Channel. There are regular uploads for those that seek to create the same fashion or equipment that I use: / projectquartodecimani
From there, the liturgical vestments came. From ordinary clothes 🤩
Great and very informative video, your contribution to the spread of the late roman culture is priceless!
Thank you so much! Your work is equally important!
Im happy of this channel.
Great demonstration, thanks.
Love the towel at 0:48
Very interesting video. Obviously you made it to pass some time during the current lockdown in Austria.
Very informative. Maybe you could do one with the military impressions from the various ones throughout your marching across the limes and wearing armor for 14 days?
I will certainly do some like that as well! 🤗
Thank you very much!
Most welcome! Thank you for your support!
For a second I was confused when I just saw you in trousers thinking ‘I thought this was suppose to be talking about late Roman clothing, were they all just shirtless?’ and then realised you showed the garments in layers.
Great video! Would the style of dress have changed much by the mid-5th century?
This simple style likely changed little or not at all.
Are you familiar with the commachio bag? Is that suitable for a man to use?
It is. It was found on a trade vessel. There are similar yet unpublished finds from later centuries in Raetia and Britannia. We can speculate thus on a possible standard build that didn't change much with fashion.
Basically if I wanna dress up as an Early Church priest/bishop, I’ll just have to dress up according to the video up until the main tunic as the base then add on a stole and chasuble?
Can you pleeeeease provide your resources for outfit reconstruction
The only sources I know are Graham Sumner's books, additional sources would be much appreciated!
I don't use books like Graham Sumners myself, but rather go to the original source material. In original iconography and in the archaeological record we find everything to make the most accurate reconstructions. :)
Having bare legs was pretty common as well? Do you make your clothing?
Yes, bare legs were also really common still. I made my own clothes, yes. :)
@@quartodecimani6908 very cool.
Do you have the dimensions and patterns for these garments? Id like to make one myself.
There are instructions and dimensions on my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/projectquartodecimani
Can you share information on the type of belt that may have been worn by the man you are portraying?
Romans at the time weren't big into belts unless you were in the military. You could use a woven band or a very simple belt, but elaborate belts seem to have been a symbol of the military in male fashion.
@@quartodecimani6908 so tablet weaving or maybe a piece of rope?
When you are talking regular military or auxilla, both were using the fancier belts with the fittings?
Can you suggest sources of info to look at on indigenous Germanic belts?
@@lusolad in the 4th century CE there was not "auxilia" as such anymore. The "auxilia palatina" was something completely different than auxiliary troops of earlier centuries. The army was basically divided in Limitanei - border troops, Comitatenses - field troops of the army and palatine troops, which are under direct comand of the emperors Comites Domestici.
Belts at the time where generally in red in army use and the right to wear one was awarded by the state. It was a symbol of belonging to the army and was one of the few pieces of equipment that remained with the veteran after he left active service.
There is plenty of crossovers between Roman styles of belts and Germanic copies. It has long been held, that Roman belts got more Germanic. But that has been shown to be false. It was the other way round.
@@lusolad there is a lot of literature out there on specifically Germanic metal objects and belts of the time, but simce this is not my focus, I can not really recommend any literature other than very specific archaeological publications and articles, which I use mainly.
Where is the music from?
Te Deum