Trabea

Trabea (plural trabeae) is the name of various pieces of Roman clothing. A distinct feature of all trabeae was their color - usually in red or purple. They were formed like a toga and possibly in some cases like a mantle piece and worn by more distinguished members of Roman society.

References

• Philip Smith: Toga. In: William Smith (Hrsg.): A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. John Murray, London, 1875 (online copy at LacusCurtius)
• Liza Cleland, Glenys Davies, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones: Greek and Roman dress from A to Z. Routledge 2007, ISBN 978-0-415-22661-5, p. 197 (online copy at Google Books)
• J. C. Edmondson, Alison Keith: Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture. University of Toronto Press 2008, ISBN 978-0-8020-9319-6, S. 13, 27, 32, 42, 43, 217-237 (online copy at Google Books)

External links

• Picture of a man dressed with tunica and trabea at roman-empire.net