id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7349 Toga - Wikipedia .html text/html 9555 1114 74 The manly toga itself could signify corruption, if worn too loosely, or worn over a long-sleeved, "effeminate" tunic, or woven too fine and thin, near transparent.[63] Appian's history of Rome finds its strife-torn Late Republic tottering at the edge of chaos; most seem to dress as they like, not as they ought: "For now the Roman people are much mixed with foreigners, there is equal citizenship for freedmen, and slaves dress like their masters. ^ Goldman, B., in Sebesta, Judith Lynn, and Bonfante, Larissa, (Editors), The World of Roman Costume: Wisconsin Studies in Classics, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1994, p. 156, note 35, citing Wyke (1994): "The Roman male citizen was defined through his body: the dignity and authority of a senator being constituted by his gait, his manner of wearing his toga, his oratorical delivery, his gestures." ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7349.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7349.txt