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’.
General
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2021 |
Authors: |
Ursula Rothe
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-19441-0 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-350-19441-7 |
Barcode: |
9781350194410 |
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