Germanic Tribes, Not Romans, Shaped Your Wardrobe

While the Roman Empire stands out as one of the most significant civilizations, it surprisingly did not influence modern Western clothing nearly as much as the Empire’s adversary, the Germanic tribes.

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Gies, Frances, and Joseph Gies. Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages (1994).
Hardy, James. Roman Clothing: Roman Fashion and Interesting Pieces of Ancient Roman Attire (2024).
Norman, Matthew. The Emergence of Pants in Ancient Rome: From Ban to Commonplace Couture (2025).

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