ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book presents a study on psychology of ancient dress, which has challenged some long-held generalizations about the production and reproduction of normative Roman male identity. Clothing resonance and symbolism were deeply embedded in the Roman cultural discourse, and certain types of garments carried much more emblematic weight for them than clothing does in modern Western culture. During the antique draped centuries, the sensation of cloth in motion against the skin must have had a steady, underlying importance. Although how the Romans felt in their clothing must necessarily remain the subject of speculation, most individuals surely 'cautiously negotiated their way through the more or less explicit 'rules' that governed dress'. The system of social mobility and the availability of signs of status to all financially well-off men encouraged the usurpation of sartorial signs and the resultant confusion of the social body.
