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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Explanation: Romans wore tunics, which generally did not reach the knees. Flexible and breathable! This includes the Roman Legions. Trousers were denigrated as 'barbarian', though Legions in northern areas and the later Empire would begin to wear them regularly.

Julius Caesar's right-hand man, Mark Antony, was noted as wearing scandalously short tunics to show off his muscular legs. Ooh la la!

[–] CubitOom 21 points 2 months ago
[–] ardorhb@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Julius Caesar's right-hand man, Mark Antony, was noted as wearing scandalously short tunics to show off his muscular legs. Ooh la la!

Well those legs worked for Cleopatra, so I guess complete success?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mark Antony was in general considered something of a ladies' man, so complete success indeed!

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

What a hoe!

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not like cloth pants are going to stop a weapon ...

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not weapons, but ticks, smaller thorns in underbrush, stiff breezes in not-so-mediterranean climates, just everything nasty and irritating stuff.

[–] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 7 points 2 months ago

You'll never conquer the known world with that attitude!

[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

What's the point of winning if you don't look good doing it?