12-06-2012, 12:03 PM
Quote:Didn't one of the emperors say that his toga had been woven by his wife? Obviously meaning that she was an example of old-fashioned Roman virtue, making her a rarity among emperors' wives.
Maybe they didn't make togas, but supposedly Augustus' female relations made him some clothes.
Quote:Except on special occasions he wore common clothes for the house, made by his sister, wife, daughter or granddaughters...
Suetonius, Life of Augustus, 73
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