Roman gladiator costume tunic pattern
I plan on starting a Maximus Gladiator costume and thought I would begin with the blue tunic.!
Vintage Butterick SEWING Pattern Tunic Cape Gladiator Roman Dress Costume ; Returns.
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Today there is nothing in modern clothing that is similar to the tunic. The tunic was the least common denominator for every man in ancient times and could take on the most varied features, from underwear to a daily dress or even to be used as a nightgown.
The Romans distinguished clothes that could be brought in contact with the body, in other words those "internal" (indictus), from those that could be exhibited like the toga (amictus).
The tunic is certainly part of the first group, although it could be worn at sight.
A detail is important: the presence or not of a cingulum (belt), that could be done in fabric, for example a hemp rope, either leather as in modern belts.
The presence of a cingulum made the dignity (pro-cinctus) tunic and thus portable outside the home walls otherwise the scandal could be scattered (dis-cintus).
In military terms the balteus assumed the same meaning as cingulum (t
