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Wearing the Cloak contains nine stimulating chapters on Roman military textiles and equipment that take textile research to a new level. Hear the sounds of the Roman soldiers' clacking belts and get a view on their purchase orders with Egyptian weavers. Could armour be built of linen? Who had access to what kinds of prestigious equipment? And what garments and weapons were deposited in bogs at the edge of the Roman Empire? The authors draw upon multiple sources such as original textual and scriptural evidence, ancient works of art and iconography and archaeological records and finds. The chapt

Textile fabrics, Roman --- Textile fabrics, Ancient. --- Military uniforms --- History. --- Materials. --- Rome --- Army --- Uniforms --- Equipment. --- Ancient textile fabrics --- Uniforms. --- Military antiquities. --- Antiquities