
Dress in Mediterranean Antiquity
Tom Verde
Alicia J. Batten and Kelly Olson, eds.
T&T Clark, 2021.
"The study of dress touches so many elements of human life and behaviour: identity, culture, religion, economics, gender, environmental questions . . . The cultural importance of ancient dress cannot be overestimated."
—Excerpt from Dress in Mediterranean Antiquity, edited by Alicia J. Batten
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