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The Roman Triumph, Into Adulthood

The Roman Triumph, Into Adulthood. By: June Farley. The Festival of Liber and Libera. When a boy entered adulthood, a festival would take place Sixteenth year Took Place on 17 th of March

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The Roman Triumph, Into Adulthood

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  1. The Roman Triumph, Into Adulthood By: June Farley

  2. The Festival of Liber and Libera • When a boy entered adulthood, a festival would take place • Sixteenth year • Took Place on 17th of March • The youth laid his boy’s tunic (tunica praetexta) before the gods and would receive the white tunic of adulthood (toga virilis or toga pura).

  3. Toga Praetexta http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215635/holly/Roman_Clothing.html

  4. Toga Praetexta • A Purple sash that was about 6 feet in length was wrapped around the body to indicate that a boy was still of youth. • He gave up this purple sash during the festival of Liber and Libera

  5. The Toga Praetexta was worn by: • Freedom boys who were not of age • Magistrates and Dictators • At Festivals • According to tradition, the kings of Rome

  6. Toga Pura or Toga Virilis content.answers.com/.../fa/Toga_Illustration.png

  7. Toga Pura or Toga Virilis • This is the toga in which male citizens wore for formal occasions • An off-white color of the un-dyed wool

  8. How the Toga was Put On • Needed assistance from servants • Draped over the left shoulder, under the right arm, and back over the left shoulder. • Pinned, sewn, or draped into place.

  9. Tabularium www.uga.edu/rome/images/Forum_fr_Tabularium.JPG

  10. Tabularium • The boy’s family and friends would escort him to the Public Records Office (Tabularium). • Here, he would be registered as a full citizen and enrolled in his tribe, one of the voting groups of ancient Rome.

  11. The Rhetor • The art of speaking and learning how to argue in a elegant manner • Well-to-do boys would proceed into philosophy from grammaticism. • This was offered to rarely no one and was considered a gift • Their weapon was argument and opinion

  12. The Rhetor employees.oneonta.edu/.../parthenonm.jpg z.about.com/.../1/0/A/N/DelphiTemple03-l.jpg

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