Bracchae (braies):
Northern English breeches, tied with strings, worn by Roman provincial
soldiers.
Bulla:
Medallion put around a male child’s neck to ward off evil until he became
an adult.
>Calcaeus:
Strapped, cut-out, and laced sandals, varying in height from ankle to well
up the calf. Those of senators were black; patricians and magistrates
wore purple.
Clavi:
Purple bands on the tunica, indicating the wearer’s rank. With time the
clavus lost distinction, and by the first century it was worn by
everyone. The clavi then became more elaborately decorative in character,
broke into spots of decoration, and amalgamated with borders at the hem of
the garment. Augustus clavus (pl. clavi): For equestrian knights;
a narrow band running up over each shoulder and down to hem on tunic or
ungirded dalmatica. Latus clavus: Single, wide clavus worn
by senators.
Cuculla:
An overgarment with hood, practically an oblong piece of cloth with a hole
in the middle for the head. Used by all classes as a protection from
weather and when traveling. Later prescribed for monks of the Benedictine
order. (About A.D. 1500, given the name of scapular as an
ecclesiastical garment.)
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