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C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Divus Augustus (ed. Alexander Thomson), chapter 38 (search)
C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Divus Augustus (ed. Alexander Thomson), chapter 71 (search)
His frugality in the furniture of his house appears even at this day, from some beds and tables still remaining, most of which are scarcely elegant enough for a private family.
It is reported that he never lay upon a bed, but such as was low, and meanly furnished.
He seldom wore any garment but what was made by the hands of his wife, sister, daughter, and grand-daughters.
His togas
The Toga was a loose woollen robe, which covered the whole body, close at the bottom, but open at the top down to the girdle, and without sleeves. The right arm was thus at liberty, and the left supported a flap of the toga, which was drawn up, and thrown back over the left shoulder; forming what is called the Sinus, a fold or cavity upon the breast, in which things might be carried, and with which the face or head might be occasionally covered. When a person did any work, he tucked up his toga, and girt it round him. The toga of the rich and noble was finer and larger than that of others; and a new toga wa