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Villa Ivilla  - http://julilla.tripod.com/  Information on daily life in ancient Rome including food, time, and clothing for men and women. Also has a glossary of common Latin phrases.  Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World  - http://www.stoa.org/diotima/  Glossary, bibliography, and annotated links to related websites. Large ancient Greek image gallery - clothing re-created, and female costume illustrations from an 1882 book.  Roman Clothing - Men  - http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing.html  Complete introduction to Roman men's clothing and status, the tunic, the toga, jewelry, and hairstyles, cleaning, and other clothing-related subjects.  Roman Clothing - Women  - http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing2.html  Complete introduction to women's fashion and grooming in Ancient Rome (and Greece), including the peplos, chiton, stola, palla, jewelry, and hairstyles.  Greek Fashion  - http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Fashion.htm  Classical Greek men's and women's garments described comprehensively in text and pictures, sourced from classical literature and visual artworks.  The History of Costume  - http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME1_INDEX.HTML  Text and illustrations from Braun & Schneider's 19th century book, The History of Costume. Color sketches of typical costumes throughout ancient history in Rome, Greece, Judea, the Persian Empire, and more.  The Costumer's Manifesto: Ancient Costume  - http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/costhistpage.htm  Comprehensive history of costume and "how to" instructions for creating ancient costumes from Rome, Greece, and many other regions around the Mediterranean Sea.  J. Moyr Smith's Ancient Greek Female Costume  - http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/agfc-moyrsmith.html  Scanned illustrations from J. Moyr Smith's 19th century book. Multiple illustrations.  The Costume in Ancient Greece  - http://www.annaswebart.com/culture/costhistory/ancient/index.html  The history of Greek costume from antiquity to 19th century. Helpful summary with illustrations of ancient Greek costume.  Ancient Roman Clothing  - http://www.unc.edu/courses/rometech/public/content/survival/clothing.html  How the Romans used fibers, fabrics, weaving and dying to create their fashions. From the University of North Carolina "Ancient Roman Technology" site.