Images Dated 15th November 2006

Ancient Costumes

Fashions of the classical world, circa 50 BC. From left to right, an Egyptian couple, a Greek man in a chlamys or cloak, a Greek woman in a diploidion, a Greek woman in a chiton and himation, a Roman man in a toga, a Roman lictor with a fasces or bundle, a Roman lady in tunic and palla and a Roman countryman with a paenula or cloak. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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