What did the Roman senate wear?

Ancient Roman Clothing. Roman men generally wore two garments, the tunica and the toga. The tunica was a short woolen under garment with short sleeves. By contrast, to wear a long tunic with long sleeves was considered effeminate and was generally avoided by society as a whole. read more

The Roman Senate (Latin: Senatus Romanus; Italian: Senato Romano) was a political institution in ancient Rome. It was one of the most enduring institutions in Roman history, being established in the first days of the city of Rome, (traditionally founded in 753 BC). read more

Roman Senate The Roman Senate (Senatus) from the latin Senex (for elder or council of elders) was a deliberative governing body. Its important to note the difference between deliberative and legislative, in that the Senate itself didn't propose legislation; though magistrates with the Senate, such as Consuls, did. read more

The Roman Senate functioned as an advisory body to Rome's magistrates and, composed as it was of the city's most experienced public servants and society's elite, its decisions carried great weight, even if they were not always converted into laws in practice. read more