How to wear a Toga - Dr Mary Harlow - University of Leicester

Dr Mary Harlow, Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Leicester, describes how a Roman Citizen would have put on and worn their Toga. Dr Harlow’s research interests focuses on dress in action: in understanding the varied source material (archaeological textiles, iconography, literary and documentary writing) to build a picture of the effect of dress as worn. She is interested in how dress is used to display status, gender, age, ethnicity and identity generally, and how that identity is negotiated through the Roman social system. This clip was produced by Strategic Marketing and Communications at the University of Leicester to support the outreach programme of the School of Archaeology and Ancient History. We are working in partnership with Classics for All to champion Classics in schools (). Further resources for teaching ancient Rome can be found at: