kurtedwr Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 (edited) What types of clothing did the Decurion (town council) where around the 5th century?? Edited August 9, 2009 by kurtedwr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Stanhope Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Fifth-century CE decurions probably wore the "toga contabulata" with its characteristic "balteus," which was a stiffly-folded, belt-like drape of the toga which crossed the upper chest and went over the left shoulder. John Lydus (or John of Lydia, Johannes Lydus), a 6th-century CE Byzantine-Roman historian who wrote in Greek at around 550 CE, states that he remembered from witnessing in his childhood town councillors in Asia Minor (now western Turkey) attending meetings "dressed in the toga." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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