A 1,500-year-old Roman grasswork hat, discovered during Flinders Petrie’s 1901–1902 excavation in Egypt, and now housed at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. In 2017, it was radiocarbon dated to 420-568 CE [2014×1534]
A 1,500-year-old Roman grasswork hat, discovered during Flinders Petrie’s 1901–1902 excavation in Egypt, and now housed at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. In 2017, it was radiocarbon dated to 420-568 CE [2014×1534]
How common was this? From movies, painting, documentaries and reenactors I never associate the Roman world with hats.
Have I been mislead and they were actually common? Maybe in a particular era or just with certain groups?
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In such great shape too! I can’t help but think of denim overalls
https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/prm-object-61672
How common was this? From movies, painting, documentaries and reenactors I never associate the Roman world with hats.
Have I been mislead and they were actually common? Maybe in a particular era or just with certain groups?