Nomen: ___________________________________
Latin I
Roman clothing project
What to wear way back in the day….
They say don’t judge a book by its cover… but in Ancient Rome
everybody was judged on what they wore. A Roman’s clothes told a lot
about the person who wore them and his or her position in society.
You could tell whether you were looking at a child or legal adult, a slave or
citizen, and a lower class plebeian or senator just by looking at the clothes
a person had on.
But how could you tell? What were the signs? Who wore what?
It’s time to learn how to decode the Roman uniform.
Looking on page 17 in your book and at sources on the World Wide Web (You can access good
ones through the class web site!), you will learn much about clothing. You will then be ready to
show (not just tell!) the class about what you have learned on __________________________________.
Your job: Pick any one of the characters from our Ecce Romani book and research what s/he
would have worn and what that tells us about her/him. Then find some way to visually
demonstrate the information you have learned to the class.
Options include:
A. Drawing a picture of your Roman character and labelling the clothing
B. Making Roman doll clothes for a poor lonely Barbie, Ken, etc.
C. Making a Roman costume for yourself
D. Making a Roman paper doll showing the different layers and items of clothing
You will be graded on the following:

Completeness: Your depiction
includes all pertinent clothing items
for your character.

Accuracy: Your depiction shows
accurate details & you know the
names of clothing items when you
present your costume to the class.

Neatness: Your project looks like
you spent time and effort on it.
NOTA BENE:
You do not need to sew for this project!
The Romans seldom sewed. Most of their clothing was
made by pinning, draping, and tying flat pieces of cloth
(Think handkerchiefs, sheets, scraps of material...)
in various arrangements. When the Romans did sew,
you can get the look without needle and thread.
Remember: This should be your creation!
Do NOT tell Mater or Pater that they need to
make you a costume!!!!
Name: _____________________________________________
Numerus: _________
Character: ________________________________________
Creation: ________________________________________
Resources Used:
1. ___________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________________
Roman Clothing Mini-Project Evaluation:
TOPIC
Completeness
Accuracy in
depiction
Knowledge in
Presentation
Neatness
+

-
Includes all
pertinent items
Includes most
pertinent items
Missing most
pertinent items
Details are accurate
and show research
Most details are
accurate and show
research
Details inaccurate
and/or do not
show research
Know well names
of clothing items
Names clothing
items
Doesn’t know
clothing items
Reflects time and
effort; looks like
time was spent
Looks complete;
could have used a
bit more polishing
Final effort lacks
polish
EARNED
Final Grade: ____________________________