Clothing

toc =Clothing= By Nicole Edsall

=Main Points=
 * The different styles of ancient India and ancient Rome are similar but distinct.
 * The materials that are used in making the clothing in both civilizations are closely related but really depend on trade and the resources that are available.
 * The saris and tunics worn in ancient India and ancient Rome have several ways of being worn that are unique.

=Ancient Indian Clothing= In ancient India almost all the clothing was made from cotton. The clothes were made from cotton because India was the first place that it was grown. Most of the women in ancient India wore saris. A sari is an unstitched garment that is nine feet long. Women generally wore bright colored saris. The women in the army tucked the sari in the back so that it would be out of the way. Women that are working pulled the sari up between their legs to make pants. Women that are getting dressed up, maybe for a holiday, wear them like skirts, with the top part thrown over their shoulder or worn as a veil. The men generally wear white or dark colored saris. The men also wore turbans. Turbans are long cotton cloths wrapped up and worn on one's head.

=Ancient Roman Clothing= In ancient Rome most of the clothes were made from linen, cotton, and silk. The Romans got their linen from the ancient Greeks, cotton from the ancient Indians, and silk from ancient China. In ancient Rome there were distinct classes and there were pieces of clothing that each social class was aloud to wear. For example, men in the senatorial class wore a tunic with a broad purple stripe around the boarder. The equestrians wore tunics with narrow stripes. The commoners wore a regular white tunic. The rich women wore two tunics the normal one and then the one called a stola with a palla, which is a shawl.

=Comparing Ancient India to Ancient Rome=

and grew the cotton || the cloth ||
 * || Materials || Popular clothes || Who made the Cloth ||
 * = Ancient India ||= Cotton ||= Sari || The farmers made the cloth
 * = Ancient Rome ||= Cotton, Silk, linen ||= Tunic || The women/servants made

Ancient India used cotton as their main material for clothing. Ancient Rome used cotton silk and linen. This is because ancient Rome was in more of an able place to trade. Ancient India does trade with ancient Rome but isn't in a great place to trade with any other ancient civilization. The popular clothes are great for where each society is located. The sari is cool and breezy while the tunic is a little heavier to keep out the cold. In both of the societies where the cloth was made was different. In ancient Rome the women and servants in the houses made the clothes and cloth. In ancient India the farmers grew the cotton and made the cloth.

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Images:

Ancient Roman Tunic Picture: www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/romanlife/p15upright.gif

Ancient Indian Sari Picture: http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/dhurandhar/images/large/mahratti-lady.jpg