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Clothing And Media: A Spiritual Silk Rome (2)

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In January 13th 27 BC, Octavius became

Imperium Romanum

The "Augustus" is actually the emperor of the Roman Empire.

In 14 ad, Octavius died and his foster son tilleus inherited the throne. The Empire of Rome entered the period of juria Claudia.

Chinese silk became the most popular commodity at this time.

In the Tuscan District of Rome, there are special markets for silkworm eggs and mulberry leaf silk. There are also handicraft shops specializing in processing Chinese white silk.

The craftsman, according to the orders of businessmen or employers, dismantled the silk, and then woven it into satin and dyed purple gold, which served as a luxury for the aristocracy.

In his book "Europe and China", Hird said that in London in the second Century, the popularity of silk was no less than that of Luoyang, China.

Pliny, who lived in the era of juria Claudia, roughly estimated that the amount of silk money paid by the Rome Empire to Arabia Peninsula, India and China every year was about 100 million Seth, equivalent to 100 thousand ounces of gold.

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Silk is indeed a luxury, not only because of its exquisite workmanship, bright colourful color, and comfort, but also because of its complex pportation process and man-made commodity benefits.

Once upon a time, Rome lost a lot of money in order to import silk. Therefore, Pliny, the Rome naturalist and philosopher Seneca, regarded silk as a symbol of decline, and then belittled it and despised it.

Pliny once wrote, "from now on, we can go through the whole earth from one end to the other, and this is all to make the Rome woman's veil under the coquettish."

The Senate of the Rome has even seen the power and seduction of silk through repeated prohibition of silk regulations.

In 14 ad, the emperor of Rome, Emperor pireus, ordered the male citizens to wear silk clothing according to the advice of the elder, and was said to curb extravagance.

In fact, the real purpose is that silk clothing is too good at expressing human shape, which will lead to sexual life insecurity and destroy the reputation of Rome citizens.

No male citizens wear

silk

Clothing is also a measure to punish corruption.