This title collects and examines literary references and artistic evidence to female clothing, cosmetics and ornament in Roman antiquity to decipher their meani

A detailed, finely researched and profusely illustrated history of clothing and fashion in the Roman Empire.

In Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity, Olson argues that clothing functioned as part of the process of communication by which elite male influence, mascul

Who dressed as a woman in an attempt to commit adultery with Julius Caesar's wife? How did the ancient Greeks make blusher from seaweed? Just how does one wear

Thirteen scholarly and well-illustrated essays survey, document and elucidate over a thousand years of Roman garments and accessories, including Etruscan influe