04-29-2006, 10:49 PM
D.B Campbell wrote:
There is also the famous cloak supposedly invented by the Emperor Caracalla after which his nickname derived. However it too is nothing more than a longer version of the Paenula.
Graham
Quote:Nobody has mentioned the famous birrus britannicus: the warm, hooded cloak that appears in the winter mosaic from Chedworth villa.
Is it this ancient version of the duffel coat that the Croy Hill legionaries are wearing? (Actually, they're probably wearing paenulae, but it's a nice idea! )
There is also the famous cloak supposedly invented by the Emperor Caracalla after which his nickname derived. However it too is nothing more than a longer version of the Paenula.
Graham
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"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
