Caracalla (clothing)

Caracalla was worn by the Gauls , and later also by Teutons , and was about a knee-length skirt with long sleeves, which was slit in front and back to the hips in a special way .

The Roman Emperor Caracalla introduced this garment in Rome . This earned him the nickname Caracalla . His birth name was Lucius Septimius Bassianus.

The Roman shape was cut a little longer and was called caracalla talaris . Often it also had a hood .

literature

• Caracalla. In: Ingrid Loschek : Reclams Mode and Costume Lexicon. 5th, updated and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-15-010577-3 .