Abolla
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An abolla was a cloak-like garment worn by ancient Greeks and Romans. Nonius Marcellus quotes a passage of Varro to show that it was a garment worn by soldiers (vestis militaris), and thus opposed to the toga. Roman women also wore a version of the abolla by at least the imperial period.[1]
The abolla was, however, not confined to military occasions, but was also worn in the city.[2] It was especially used by the Stoic and Cynic philosophers at Rome as the pallium philosophicum,[3] just as the Greek philosophers were accustomed to distinguish themselves by a particular dress.[4] Hence, the expression of Juvenal facinus majoris abollae merely signifies, "a crime committed by a very deep philosopher".[5][6][7] It could also be used as a luxury item. Ptolemy of Mauretania wore a purple cloak so luxurious that it is theorized that Caligula had him executed out of jealousy.[8]
The term abolla is actually a Latinization of the Greek ambolla (Script error: No such module "Lang".) or anabole (Script error: No such module "Lang".), for a loose woolen cloak.[9]
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- ↑ Suetonius, Caligula 35
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- ↑ Mart. iv. 53, viii. 48
- ↑ Juvenal, iv. 75
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- ↑ Becker, Gallus vol. ii. p. 99
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Other sources
- The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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- Abolla (article in Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities)