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- Greek and Roman Rhetoric -- Works
Unlike Greeks, Romans wore underclothes including loincloths, and Roman women wore breast supports made of linen, cotton or sometimes of soft leather. While wool was the most common fabric, with its newfound colonial wealth from the second century BC, Rome introduced new materials. These included cotton, silk and dyes. However, silk continued to be expensive. During the emperor Diocletians's rule (AD 284 – 305), half a kilo of silk was valued at one and a half kilos of gold. Spinning and weaving were domestic arts which women were expected to practice, and she worked with wool is a common epitaph for Roman women.