It was not only trousers ( pants ) of which Romans were critical but also Romans seem to have been against long sleeve shirts for men as well , I have read it in one of the Seneca's works that he said " unlike what we Romans tend to believe that long sleeve shirts are unmanly , Persians and Germans who are manly warriors wear long sleeve shirts ( and trousers )".
You know, sometimes when I'm sitting at home watching The Historian's Craft videos, I'm not such a fan of wearing trousers either. Good on you Romans, I accept your life decisions.
@@navret1707 My Swedish grandfather had dear friend that was of Scotch heritage. He was proud of his people and also proud American. I think about a cold wind coming by and something getting in the breeze. No disrespect intended.
Kilts are actually pretty good so long as it isn't Russian winter level and you are open to wearing trousers underneath. I don't imagine Roman skirts were made out of thick wool or pleated however so it was probably more than a bit on the chilly side.
The kilts that were worn in antiquity were not like the kilts that are worn today. Ancient kilts were more like a blanket that was cinched by a belt around the waist. The kilts extended to the ankles. They were intended to keep people warm in a cold, wet climate.
2:50 "what we today, in modern language, would probably term a culture war, although the Romans probably wouldn't have termed it that." So you're saying there's a chance...
Very interesting! I love Roman history and have studied it for over 5 decades... but I did not know this. I love it when good people like yourself teach me something new. Thank you!
@@renatovonschumacher3511 I have a PhD in Electrical Engineering. History is one of many hobbies that I enjoy, with my focus being mostly on Asian history (as I travel to Asia - mostly Thailand and Cambodia - at least once a year). I have taken part in many archaeology digs as a tourist in Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and Africa. That said, I have read a lot of sources about many different cultures and periods outside the ones I mentioned. Roman history is not my favorite in that field of study, but it is very interesting. I started reading about Roman history when I was a kid at the local library. We did not have any history TV shows back then. Just the basic three networks with bad antenna reception for our little black and white TV. LOL
The name "pants" comes from "pantaloni" -named for a Roman saint St Pantaleon though I have forgotten how this came about -the Celtic derived word was "braghe" which still means trousers in some northern Italian dialects.
The name comes from the Italian comedy tradition (commedia dell' arte) where there was a character called pantalone who wore trousers -then the name stuck!
"Pantomime" is Greek and means copying everything so presumably he/she was an actor who could copy many characters. There could be a connection with the Commedia del arte which was an Italian comedy tradition popular everywhere. From this commedia we have Punch and Judy and the characters of Harlequin. So the Pantomime entertainment may ultimately have been inspired by the "Commedia del arte" in which the Pantalone character occurs.@@deirdre108
Trousers weren't continuously in fashion in post-Roman Europe. Hose were the norm during the Middle Ages. Trunk hose got longer during the Sixteenth Century, first with so-called cannons extending them over the thighs and in the Seventeenth Century growing from baggy bloomers into breeches. By the late Eighteenth century, pantaloons, like longjohns, were in fashion; derived, like late Roman trousers, from the dress of herding horsemen., and worn either over shoes or with hussar boots. Trousers finally come in as "overalls" worn over the expensive and not very durable pantaloons, in the very late Eighteenth Century but don't become acceptable in high society until the 1830s, and not for state and religious formal occasions - in England at least - until the late Twentieth Century. The trousers revolution happened twice.
Having worn hose and leggings, it's a mystery to me how they kept back then without elastic if any kind. They always look good in pictures but I can imagine the baggy, sagging knees.
@@akeleven that reminds me of a remark of Diana Rigg's, about the catsuits she wore in the Avengers TV show; she said the leather ones took hours to get into and the textile ones they replaced them with woukd go baggy at the knees. Maybe the mediaeval illustrations were the equivalent of photoshopped, or maybe they had some tailoring or weaving technique back then we haven't recovered?
@guardianoffire8814 Reportedly so, but aside from fighting, they had invented the trousers, which were it seems quite a novelty for the Romans. I guess there was a climatic reason for that.
I wonder if it was similar to how camo and military inspired clothing comes and goes as a fad nowadays (When you talk about the fashion coming from chariot racers)
Pigdroppings, I'm old now, but when I was a kid and berated for not using a fork, I'd say "Fingers were made before forks." To which my mother replied, "Not YOUR fingers." I was raised Catholic, and never heard about that before. Wish I'd had.
2:30 On a related note, we know that over time the legions became less professional, being a militia with Roman standards by the time of their total disappearance. The tattoos may have been a symptom of how it was increasingly difficult to discern legionaires from the surrounding population, much in the way modern gang members use tattoos to identify friendlies.
This is NOT true. Roman soldiers were fully trained professionals right through the Byzantine Empire, only more cavalry were used over time, & weapons & gear changed. They never became a mere militia, except maybe in regions that were lost to Roman control, like Britain in the 5th century, but even this is doubtful.
For past 15 yrs, I'm mostly bare except for a long baddy T shirt. Occasionly I wear shorts when I go in public places. Fresh air between my legs just feel so right.
A fun thing I like to think about: In a time warp, Julius Caesar meets a business executive of the 1960 dressed like the pants wearing Don Draper if Mad Men fame. Would Caesar have recognized the authority in the style despite the difference in fashion?
I don't know why but for some reason the idea of people in ancient Constantinople walking around with mullets and thereby incurring the hostility of everyone around them is absolutely hilarious to me. I can't stop giggling.
That is all law. Even today. They even make up reasons to say you broke the law in order to kidnap you and stare at you naked. They love buttholes. It gets them off
Well! It appears that the mullet has always had people with good fashion sense to hate it. And of course, a 10 - 11 year old would have something to say about pants.
Definitely trousers. The ancients often did not wear underwear/knickers at all. There is a famous passage in Josephus were the Roman legionaries simply lifted their tunics UP in order to moon their Jewish enemies.
Most private schools also ban male hair below ur shirt collar and skirts above the knee when u sit It’s called training in intelligent living in society for a better life
OK, how is this not a sumptuary law? I know sumptuary laws are normally against excess but this type of law (as the kids say) has the same vibes. And like what level of law enforcement are we talking about here? Was there like a fine or was this something that made breaking other laws worse, or was it like a law that didn't really have any teeth to it. Was it like an optional enforcement kinda thing? I also have questions about the Massagetae Mullet and other Hunnic Hairstyles; but maybe I'm just procrastinating on getting a haircut.
The fact that the government in the capital Rome had to pass legislations against the wearing of pants and boots and furs really shows that the wearing of such "barbarian" styles were actually very popular, even in Rome yet alone in the provinces. Common sense must prevail despite the insanity of the politicians.
Even back in Roman times the Mullet was an unwanted hairstyle!. Ironic!. So basically "When in Rome" stick to the Codex rules...When not in Rome...let it rip...go a little barbarian, grow your hair (maybe not a mullet though) and wear those "breeks" with gusto...it's a bit draughty up in Caledonia...
@@sdhflkjshdfskdhfskljdhf582 I'm sure @narses_the_aremnian already knows that because they are on the payroll of Big Panta to come troll the Historian's Craft videos, THE ONLY CHANNEL ON CZcams NOT AFRAID TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT PANTS!!
@@sdhflkjshdfskdhfskljdhf582 I'm sure @Narses_the_aremnian already knows this because they are on the payroll of Big Panta and they are here to troll the Historian's Craft videos because it is THE ONLY CHANNEL ON CZcams THAT ISN'T AFRAID TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT PANTS!!
I'm here to find out what part of the audience needed the clarification (trousers) included in the title. Is there genuine confusion that "pants" in this context migh indicate suggestive breathing?
A sort of hidden pants ban would be a standing order not to purchase or reimburse soldiers for buying pants. Though of course then you could simply enter a receipt for garments.
They wore wool knitted socks to their upper knees And learnt to freeze their nether region if windy At that time they became native costume, women wore midcalf shifts so men went a little higher as they were more active. Neither wore undies as no one did till 1900s rly Both wore the long knee socks Then English influence ruined the women’s dress but men fought it way longer, even retaining it for formal events.
Trousers were no doubt more comfortable when riding horses, so Auxiliary troops likely preferred them. These were none citizens at first, so the style was seen as un Roman, but practicality won out in the end.
The climate did change back then. Clothing changed, too. But it happen slowly, so people didn't attribute the change to the climate, but to fashion. Same things happens today. People in the 18. century used to wear a lot more clothing. The weather was also a lot colder. But now we think that the fashion just changed, even though it changed for a reason. It just happened to slowly for us to realise that the climate has changed. The people in, let's say France, simply cannot wear what their ancestors used to. They would fry. Similar thing happened to the Romans, too. The climate got colder. Even today you would be cold if you wear a toga in Italy (outside the summer).
They (trousers) were also seen as effeminate and "foreign" since they originated in the Middle Eastern countries , especially associated with the Persian Empire.
Well they hadn't invented toilet paper either and I imagine neither had they laundry mats so I imagine a pair of pants might get kind of ripe. Emperor Honorius was in charge and the empire was over run with the Visigoths. This probably had something to do with the pants not being liked also.
This is why many preachers wear robes these days. Trousers were worn by Germanic invaders and were a symbol of heathenism, whereas robes indicated historical conservatism.
'Some' of the Roman soldiers were not Roman? I understood it was most of the auxiliary troops. Not 'some' at all. Soldiers named on tomb stones just in the UK were from N Africa , the middle east, Hispania (Spain). Emperor Septimus Severus who died in York was a Lybian. His father was N African while his mother was a Roman immigrant.
Being Asian, the truth is that we sold them yards of fabric, but they couldn't sew, so they just wrapped the fabric around themselves and clipped it. The style is a sad truth. During the same time many cultures had highly stylised clothing...but these people who ran around naked thought that they could just throw cloth around themselves and call it clothing. It's archaic. Every time I see the naked statues I am reminded that it WAS not art but how they actually didn't have clothes
We may very well be living in a near utopia by now had the Romans been successful. Lettin the lads be able to breathe at all times would have resulted in the entire male population being 5-10 % less ornery overall. The trickle down effect is near incalculable, presumably countless wars and inter personal conflicts would have been avoided along with lets say the European dark ages.
And yet pants seem to have fallen out of favour during the Dark Age and early Middle Age and people wore tunics again, and in cold weather wore long heavy socks. By the late middle ages / renaissance period, the tunics became shorter and evolved into shirts, while the socks or stocking became hose, which is somewhat similar to modern leggings, and it is hose that became modern pants.
If he is religious, he would know that just lusting after women is adultery and that sex before marriage is wrong. How many women did he have before her? She got paid for it, he gave it away for free.
If Barbarians to the North wear pants, as do Barbarians to the West, the East and the South, maybe it's time to wonder who is the Barbarian and who is not. Orcwhat they all find so comfortable about wearing pants.
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Pants are for barbarians until you're posted to Hadrian's Wall in winter and you remember you quite like having warm bollocks
But the scots themselves didn't wear them!
@@arx3516 They did in winter, they were called trews, with leather between the thighs for riding horses
@@arx3516 The Scots were still in Ireland at this point, but I'd imagine they wore pants because warm genitals
British punkers: "Never Mind the Bollocks".
@@worfozthe wind whistles up the pass.
The pants bans and their obvious enforcement failures demonstrated to everyone about who truly wears the pants.
If the people had of been wearing the pants all along, they'd have a Republic.
In most homes the WOMAN 👩 wears the pants 👖, Remember the phrase. Happy wife, happy life 😮
@@ronaldmessina4229in rome "happy wife still have life" would fit better.
an empire banning pants 3 times in 20 years is one of those funny short sentences that tells a whole story all by itself
THE ROMANS LEGIONS WERE GAY
The Roman Empire was always thinking about pants.
It was not only trousers ( pants ) of which Romans were critical but also Romans seem to have been against long sleeve shirts for men as well , I have read it in one of the Seneca's works that he said " unlike what we Romans tend to believe that long sleeve shirts are unmanly , Persians and Germans who are manly warriors wear long sleeve shirts ( and trousers )".
Imagine being such a sissy lala that you cover your arms 😡
You know, sometimes when I'm sitting at home watching The Historian's Craft videos, I'm not such a fan of wearing trousers either. Good on you Romans, I accept your life decisions.
Indeed, I watched this entire video while not wearing pants...
TMI guys.
As a man of Swedish barbarian heritage pants help keep you warm and protect your legs. I can see a toga or kilts in a hot climate.
Don’t tell us Scots that.
@@navret1707 My Swedish grandfather had dear friend that was of Scotch heritage. He was proud of his people and also proud American. I think about a cold wind coming by and something getting in the breeze. No disrespect intended.
Helps prevent the plums from frostbite.
Kilts are actually pretty good so long as it isn't Russian winter level and you are open to wearing trousers underneath.
I don't imagine Roman skirts were made out of thick wool or pleated however so it was probably more than a bit on the chilly side.
The kilts that were worn in antiquity were not like the kilts that are worn today. Ancient kilts were more like a blanket that was cinched by a belt around the waist. The kilts extended to the ankles. They were intended to keep people warm in a cold, wet climate.
Not to mention, the advent of baggy trousers was pure Madness
@@ArkadiBolschek No, esp since the Son of God is back yo! stay tuned for his "hidden manna" ~Rev.2
Haha! Already in the 6th century mullets were a symbol of hooligans! The wisdom of Rome 😂
2:50 "what we today, in modern language, would probably term a culture war, although the Romans probably wouldn't have termed it that."
So you're saying there's a chance...
They didn't wanna look like those obnoxious Barbarians from Asterix and Obelix ? 😏
In Asterix and Obelix, all the Roman soldiers are wearing pants under their short tunics. Even Julius Caesar.
@@myriamickx7969
Oh...
I never noticed... 🤔
_"They are crazy, those Romans!"_ 🙄
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Obelix : " hey, some Romans ! "
@@SkyFly19853 _...while collecting a big stack of Roman helmets._ 😊 Those Romans are always kind to add to his collection.
Correlation between late western Roman military defeats and trying to avoid 'getting caught with their pants down'
I like how even 2000 years ago people knew mullets looked terrible.
I loved my mullet.
because “PANTS ARE FOR SQUARES!!!” ~Timmy Turners Dad
Like electric bills
Very interesting! I love Roman history and have studied it for over 5 decades... but I did not know this. I love it when good people like yourself teach me something new. Thank you!
You have studied Roman history for over five decades but did not know this ? WHAT have you "studied" for such a long time ?
@@renatovonschumacher3511 I have a PhD in Electrical Engineering. History is one of many hobbies that I enjoy, with my focus being mostly on Asian history (as I travel to Asia - mostly Thailand and Cambodia - at least once a year). I have taken part in many archaeology digs as a tourist in Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and Africa. That said, I have read a lot of sources about many different cultures and periods outside the ones I mentioned. Roman history is not my favorite in that field of study, but it is very interesting. I started reading about Roman history when I was a kid at the local library. We did not have any history TV shows back then. Just the basic three networks with bad antenna reception for our little black and white TV. LOL
The name "pants" comes from "pantaloni" -named for a Roman saint St Pantaleon though I have forgotten how this came about -the Celtic derived word was "braghe" which still means trousers in some northern Italian dialects.
The name comes from the Italian comedy tradition (commedia dell' arte) where there was a character called pantalone who wore trousers -then the name stuck!
@@kaloarepo288 Is there a connection with "pantomine"?
"Pantomime" is Greek and means copying everything so presumably he/she was an actor who could copy many characters. There could be a connection with the Commedia del arte which was an Italian comedy tradition popular everywhere. From this commedia we have Punch and Judy and the characters of Harlequin. So the Pantomime entertainment may ultimately have been inspired by the "Commedia del arte" in which the Pantalone character occurs.@@deirdre108
Pantaleemon is a Greek word =Ever merciful
Trousers weren't continuously in fashion in post-Roman Europe. Hose were the norm during the Middle Ages. Trunk hose got longer during the Sixteenth Century, first with so-called cannons extending them over the thighs and in the Seventeenth Century growing from baggy bloomers into breeches. By the late Eighteenth century, pantaloons, like longjohns, were in fashion; derived, like late Roman trousers, from the dress of herding horsemen., and worn either over shoes or with hussar boots.
Trousers finally come in as "overalls" worn over the expensive and not very durable pantaloons, in the very late Eighteenth Century but don't become acceptable in high society until the 1830s, and not for state and religious formal occasions - in England at least - until the late Twentieth Century.
The trousers revolution happened twice.
They've got hose in different area codes.
Hose be tripping @@Treklosopher
Having worn hose and leggings, it's a mystery to me how they kept back then without elastic if any kind. They always look good in pictures but I can imagine the baggy, sagging knees.
Any good books on this? Fashion development
@@akeleven that reminds me of a remark of Diana Rigg's, about the catsuits she wore in the Avengers TV show; she said the leather ones took hours to get into and the textile ones they replaced them with woukd go baggy at the knees.
Maybe the mediaeval illustrations were the equivalent of photoshopped, or maybe they had some tailoring or weaving technique back then we haven't recovered?
Roma needs no pants! Though I seriously love those shapely "mom capris" some of the legionaries wore.
Much awaited, much appreciated, looking forward to excellent insights as always from you.
As a Celt I should be wearing blue paint, not trousers
Celts and other related Gallic people wore trousers.
@@myriamickx7969Supposedly not when fighting and they fought naked.
@guardianoffire8814
Reportedly so, but aside from fighting, they had invented the trousers, which were it seems quite a novelty for the Romans. I guess there was a climatic reason for that.
I wonder if it was similar to how camo and military inspired clothing comes and goes as a fad nowadays (When you talk about the fashion coming from chariot racers)
The Catholic church banned the eating fork hundreds of years ago.
" God gave you fingers to eat with".
Pigdroppings, I'm old now, but when I was a kid and berated for not using a fork, I'd say "Fingers were made before forks." To which my mother replied, "Not YOUR fingers." I was raised Catholic, and never heard about that before. Wish I'd had.
Sounds like another bit of protestant anti catholic propaganda aka lies.
This is just too cool!!
Thank you.
"The concept of trousers! Luxury pants! Nice pants! Sophisticated pants! Pants!" --Mariner Ba-Bomb, 'Book of Mario: Thousands of Doors'
For anyone watching not from the colonies the chap is refereeing to 'trousers'
romance languages also use pants for what they really are
^sense of humour bypass@@knightforlorn6731
Listen man I’ll throw your tea in the harbor again!
No not the Darjeeling! ;-) @@TheFallofRome
What are pants in the UK?
I know cookies are biscuits and sweaters are jumpers. What are pants?
Pants caused the downfall of Rome!
2:30 On a related note, we know that over time the legions became less professional, being a militia with Roman standards by the time of their total disappearance. The tattoos may have been a symptom of how it was increasingly difficult to discern legionaires from the surrounding population, much in the way modern gang members use tattoos to identify friendlies.
This is NOT true. Roman soldiers were fully trained professionals right through the Byzantine Empire, only more cavalry were used over time, & weapons & gear changed. They never became a mere militia, except maybe in regions that were lost to Roman control, like Britain in the 5th century, but even this is doubtful.
For past 15 yrs, I'm mostly bare except for a long baddy T shirt. Occasionly I wear shorts when I go in public places. Fresh air between my legs just feel so right.
A fun thing I like to think about: In a time warp, Julius Caesar meets a business executive of the 1960 dressed like the pants wearing Don Draper if Mad Men fame. Would Caesar have recognized the authority in the style despite the difference in fashion?
No.... only the social position by observing how the CEO and others act with each other
Kilts are ok, tho?
I don't know why but for some reason the idea of people in ancient Constantinople walking around with mullets and thereby incurring the hostility of everyone around them is absolutely hilarious to me. I can't stop giggling.
well, if I had the power I would ban mullets too! And broccoli haircut
Seems like the kind of law that would be enforced selectively when and on whom administrators chose.
That is all law.
Even today.
They even make up reasons to say you broke the law in order to kidnap you and stare at you naked.
They love buttholes. It gets them off
The Roman day was several centuries…. customs and fashion changed innumerable times
When Jennifer Granholm sent me home for Covid, I kind of banned myself from pants ;)
Well!
It appears that the mullet has always had people with good fashion sense to hate it.
And of course, a 10 - 11 year old would have something to say about pants.
English/American language divide: I'm thinking underwear, you're talking trousers...🧐
Definitely trousers. The ancients often did not wear underwear/knickers at all. There is a famous passage in Josephus were the Roman legionaries simply lifted their tunics UP in order to moon their Jewish enemies.
Wearing underwear as pants would get you denied service at Walmart
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But if you went to the supermarket in your pants in the UK, you would also be denied service!
@@adrianhundhausen2522I thought they wore a type of loincloth under the tunic
UNDERpants are underwear, more often just called underwear now
PANTS are worn over underwear
For the same reason Republican school districts in the US ban dreadlocks.
Most private schools also ban male hair below ur shirt collar and skirts above the knee when u sit
It’s called training in intelligent living in society for a better life
Baggy, drooping pants were a problem and an eyesore back then as well.
Ohmigawd the huns had mullets… 😂
OK, how is this not a sumptuary law? I know sumptuary laws are normally against excess but this type of law (as the kids say) has the same vibes.
And like what level of law enforcement are we talking about here? Was there like a fine or was this something that made breaking other laws worse, or was it like a law that didn't really have any teeth to it. Was it like an optional enforcement kinda thing?
I also have questions about the Massagetae Mullet and other Hunnic Hairstyles; but maybe I'm just procrastinating on getting a haircut.
The fact that the government in the capital Rome had to pass legislations against the wearing of pants and boots and furs really shows that the wearing of such "barbarian" styles were actually very popular, even in Rome yet alone in the provinces. Common sense must prevail despite the insanity of the politicians.
I prefer the breechclothe in warm weather. Leggings are optional.🤣
You forgot the whole northern zone connecting more Northern Europe and Persia and even further to China 🤫
The romans love beautiful bodies and a toga can hide an "ugly" body at the same time looking stylish and dignified.
The more things change the more they stay the same 🤷♂
Rome has no pants, Rome needs no pants! 🤨
Indeed, they did have BIGGER PROBLEMS, and we do too.
I didn't understand WHERE or WHO first designed the pants.
Was that mentioned?
That's 18 ft of cloth. I don't think it's easy to function in that as a worker.
I was just discussing this with someone this morning. Eerie.
Did I hear/read that right, the Romans attempted to outlaw the mullet hair style?!?
Even back in Roman times the Mullet was an unwanted hairstyle!. Ironic!. So basically "When in Rome" stick to the Codex rules...When not in Rome...let it rip...go a little barbarian, grow your hair (maybe not a mullet though) and wear those "breeks" with gusto...it's a bit draughty up in Caledonia...
Roman Emperor : No Apple bottom jeans or boots with the fur.
Well at least we now know who wears the pants in the house.
My next question: are there some English speakers today who have never heard the word "pants" and have only heard/used the word "trousers"?
Pants delenda est
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Why don't WE ban pants (trousers) TODAY?!
Absolutely!
Becouse they are practical and nobody wants to freeze too death in winter
@@Narses_the_aremnian Because Big Pant won't let it happen
@@sdhflkjshdfskdhfskljdhf582 I'm sure @narses_the_aremnian already knows that because they are on the payroll of Big Panta to come troll the Historian's Craft videos, THE ONLY CHANNEL ON CZcams NOT AFRAID TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT PANTS!!
@@sdhflkjshdfskdhfskljdhf582 I'm sure @Narses_the_aremnian already knows this because they are on the payroll of Big Panta and they are here to troll the Historian's Craft videos because it is THE ONLY CHANNEL ON CZcams THAT ISN'T AFRAID TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT PANTS!!
I'm here to find out what part of the audience needed the clarification (trousers) included in the title. Is there genuine confusion that "pants" in this context migh indicate suggestive breathing?
In Britain, what Americans call pants are known as trousers. Pants are what a man wears under his trousers.
The sheep would hear a zipper and run.
It was mostly out of convenience lol they believed the shorts hindered their movement actually .
A sort of hidden pants ban would be a standing order not to purchase or reimburse soldiers for buying pants. Though of course then you could simply enter a receipt for garments.
East Germany for a while tried to ban Jeans to
If pants are necessary because of the cold, how the hell did Scots started using kilts?
Cause they not nancy boys like u n ur girlfriends
They wore wool knitted socks to their upper knees
And learnt to freeze their nether region if windy
At that time they became native costume, women wore midcalf shifts so men went a little higher as they were more active.
Neither wore undies as no one did till 1900s rly
Both wore the long knee socks
Then English influence ruined the women’s dress but men fought it way longer, even retaining it for formal events.
Trousers were no doubt more comfortable when riding horses, so Auxiliary troops likely preferred them. These were none citizens at first, so the style was seen as un Roman, but practicality won out in the end.
The climate did change back then. Clothing changed, too. But it happen slowly, so people didn't attribute the change to the climate, but to fashion.
Same things happens today. People in the 18. century used to wear a lot more clothing. The weather was also a lot colder. But now we think that the fashion just changed, even though it changed for a reason. It just happened to slowly for us to realise that the climate has changed. The people in, let's say France, simply cannot wear what their ancestors used to. They would fry.
Similar thing happened to the Romans, too. The climate got colder. Even today you would be cold if you wear a toga in Italy (outside the summer).
I've been against pants for the longest time, myself. It's the thin edge of the wedge, the slippery slope. Nothing good can come of wearing pants.
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Pants, or trousers, initially came from Huns of Central Asia step regions, horse riders.
They (trousers) were also seen as effeminate and "foreign" since they originated in the Middle Eastern countries , especially associated with the Persian Empire.
Say that to a pair of 501 Levis
Lol
I can totally see it with flowy dress pant trousers of the 30-60s men wore
Even pioneer era trousers were pretty baggy
Well they hadn't invented toilet paper either and I imagine neither had they laundry mats so I imagine a pair of pants might get kind of ripe. Emperor Honorius was in charge and the empire was over run with the Visigoths. This probably had something to do with the pants not being liked also.
Interesting
Even Chinese men who wore robes, wore pants underneath them.
This is why many preachers wear robes these days. Trousers were worn by Germanic invaders and were a symbol of heathenism, whereas robes indicated historical conservatism.
So the pants were the MEGA hats of the day. I get it.
The problem with pants is you can never tell what someone is keeping in them. Is that a banana, or … ? With a toga, there is no such uncertainty.
Another video suggestion is did roman bikini were they for swimming or sun bathing and did men wear them? And any idea who far spread were they.
Bikini was only invented in 1946 and was named after bikini Atoll
I'd wager everyone was swimming and sunbathing naked as hell until... uhh I'm not qualified to answer so let's just guess Victorian times
@@Narses_the_aremnian tell that to the roman murals depicting ancient roman bikinis, things all the time were lost and re invented.
@@stupidminotaur9735 what! Weren't they 1 piece swimsuits?
@@Narses_the_aremnian no two piece
If we could only ban black block.
Because - they are truly uncomfortable compared to kilts or skirts.
3:56 whaaat, a morality law that doesn't make sense? It can't be! 😆
Happy Lupercalia fellow Romaboos
The Lego movie took place in the Roman empire.
'Some' of the Roman soldiers were not Roman?
I understood it was most of the auxiliary troops. Not 'some' at all. Soldiers named on tomb stones just in the UK were from N Africa , the middle east, Hispania (Spain). Emperor Septimus Severus who died in York was a Lybian. His father was N African while his mother was a Roman immigrant.
Being Asian, the truth is that we sold them yards of fabric, but they couldn't sew, so they just wrapped the fabric around themselves and clipped it. The style is a sad truth. During the same time many cultures had highly stylised clothing...but these people who ran around naked thought that they could just throw cloth around themselves and call it clothing. It's archaic. Every time I see the naked statues I am reminded that it WAS not art but how they actually didn't have clothes
Bruno Dumezil if you want to read more about this
Makes me wonder about Scotsmen in kilts - no pants or underpants, & it snows there in winter. I guess they're a hardy bunch - but not barbarian!
Ancestors of the scotch didn't use kilts. This is more a more modern fashion.
Back before Gaul was known as France
The Roman Emperors tried to ban pants.
I agree DOWN WITH PANTS!
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Well that would be kinda distracting...
The end of a civilization is always marked by some trying to hold on to the past too much.
They subsidized Hot Pants
We may very well be living in a near utopia by now had the Romans been successful. Lettin the lads be able to breathe at all times would have resulted in the entire male population being 5-10 % less ornery overall. The trickle down effect is near incalculable, presumably countless wars and inter personal conflicts would have been avoided along with lets say the European dark ages.
Bwah haha
So this is why the empire fell; pants. Who woulda thunk?
Fashion marks us out even today. Even animals need to mark themselves out for procreation and acceptance.
They wore togas so that their business could hang freely and air out.
And yet pants seem to have fallen out of favour during the Dark Age and early Middle Age and people wore tunics again, and in cold weather wore long heavy socks. By the late middle ages / renaissance period, the tunics became shorter and evolved into shirts, while the socks or stocking became hose, which is somewhat similar to modern leggings, and it is hose that became modern pants.
Yes seeing colonial men in tights in portraits always cracked me up
If he is religious, he would know that just lusting after women is adultery and that sex before marriage is wrong. How many women did he have before her? She got paid for it, he gave it away for free.
Did the Arabs and Arameans wear pants during that time?
If Barbarians to the North wear pants, as do Barbarians to the West, the East and the South, maybe it's time to wonder who is the Barbarian and who is not. Orcwhat they all find so comfortable about wearing pants.
Togo's are strictly for elite. . nobody was out in a toga tilling fields or digging ditches.
They had short shifts
Toga meant A u not a slave (most all were) B u had lotsa money for excessive fabric
The barbarians referred to were the Celts...
Is this AI generated?